单词 | bewail |
释义 | bewailv. 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.c1300 |
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