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English Dictionary: Mourning by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mourning
adj
  1. sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope"
    Synonym(s): bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning(a), sorrowing(a)
n
  1. state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one
    Synonym(s): mourning, bereavement
  2. the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief
    Synonym(s): lamentation, mourning
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mourn \Mourn\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mourned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Mourning}.] [AS. murnan; akin to OS. mornian, OHG. mornen,
      Goth. ma[a3]rnan.]
      1. To express or to feel grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be
            sorrowful; to lament; to be in a state of grief or
            sadness.
  
                     Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for
                     her.                                                   --Gen. xxiii.
                                                                              2.
  
      2. To wear the customary garb of a mourner.
  
                     We mourn in black; why mourn we not in blood?
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     Grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year.
                                                                              --Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mourning \Mourn"ing\, n. [AS. murnung.]
      1. The act of sorrowing or expressing grief; lamentation;
            sorrow.
  
      2. Garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of grief, esp.
            clothing or a badge of somber black.
  
                     The houses to their tops with black were spread, And
                     ev'n the pavements were with mourning hid. --Dryden.
  
      {Deep mourning}. See under {Deep}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mourning \Mourn"ing\, a.
      1. Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.
  
      2. Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as
            appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing;
            as, mourning garments; a mourning ring; a mourning pin,
            and the like.
  
      {Mourning bride} (Bot.), a garden flower ({Scabiosa
            atropurpurea}) with dark purple or crimson flowers in
            flattened heads.
  
      {Mourning dove} (Zo[94]l.), a wild dove ({Zenaidura
            macroura}) found throughout the United States; -- so named
            from its plaintive note. Called also {Carolina dove}. See
            Illust. under {Dove}.
  
      {Mourning warbler} (Zo[94]l.), an American ground warbler
            ({Geothlypis Philadelphia}). The male has the head, neck,
            and chest, deep ash-gray, mixed with black on the throat
            and chest; other lower parts are pure yellow.
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