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单词 bewail
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bewailv.

/bɪˈweɪl/
Forms: Middle English bi-, byweile(n, -weylen, -wayle, bywaile, Middle English biwaill, biwayle, bywaylen, Middle English–1500s bewayll, 1500s–1600s bewaile, bewayle, 1500s– bewail.
Etymology: < be- prefix 4 + wail v.
1. transitive. To wail over, to utter wailings or cries of sorrow over, esp. over the dead. Also reflexive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > lamentation or expression of grief for death > lament the death of [verb (transitive)]
bestandc1000
bewailc1300
mourna1382
wail1382
regratec1480
meana1522
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > cry with grief [verb (transitive)] > bewail
bewailc1300
grotec1300
relent1655
behowl1853
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > cry with grief [verb (reflexive)] > bewail
bewail1611
behowl1859
c1300 K. Alis. 4395 Ded he is of sadel y-falle; Perciens hit byweileth alle.
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 23 How they bewaylled eche other.
1611 Bible (King James) Jer. iv. 31 The daughter of Zion that bewaileth herself. View more context for this quotation
1822 ‘B. Cornwall’ Flood of Thessaly i. 364 Pyrrha, sheltered in a cave, bewail'd Her child which perished.
2.
a. To express great sorrow for; to lament loudly, mourn. Also reflexive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > lament or express grief for [verb (transitive)]
sorroweOE
meaneOE
bemournOE
mournOE
bemoanc1000
ofthink?c1225
bequeatha1325
moana1325
plain1340
wail1362
bewailc1374
complainc1374
waymenta1400
grievec1400
sorrowa1425
regratec1480
lament1535
deplore1567
dole1567
condole1607
pine1667
rave1810
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 1223 Bywaylynge ay the day that they were borne.
1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) 2 Cor. xii. 21 Y biweile many of hem, that bifor synneden.
1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Svpper of the Lorde f. cxxixv We knowlege and bewaile our manyfold synnes and wyckednes.
1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης x. 94 He bewailes his want of the Militia.
1758 S. Johnson Idler 29 Apr. 25 These miseries I have often felt and often bewailed.
1880 W. H. Dixon Royal Windsor (ed. 3) III. xiv. 128 Other bards bewailed the dead poet.
b. To mourn or lament the want of.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > sorrow caused by loss > suffer sorrow for loss of [verb (transitive)]
missc1300
regretc1400
regratec1480
to miss away1488
wanta1522
desire1557
pity1585
to have a (great) loss in (or of)1680
bewail1796
1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc vi. 437 Then wild with joy speeds on to taste the wave So long bewail'd.
3.
a. intransitive. To utter lamentations; to lament, mourn.
ΚΠ
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. i. vi. 26 For þe same þing songe þou..byweyledest and byweptest.
1611 J. Field in T. Coryate Crudities sig. l Tom Piper is gone out, and mirth bewailes.
1820 R. Southey Life Wesley II. 38 Instead of bewailing for him and for herself.
b. with cognate object; see bewailed adj.
4. In the following passage, the use of bewaile is either very forced (? suggested by the consequences of a wreck), or it is a mere error. The suggestion that it was meant for a derivative of wale ‘to choose’ is worthless.
ΚΠ
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vi. sig. E7 As when a ship..An hidden rocke escaped hath vnwares, That lay in waite her wrack for to bewaile.
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