MOURN, v.i. [L. maereo.] 1. To express grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful. Mourning may be expressed by weeping or audible sounds, or by sobs, sighs or inward silent grief. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep. Gen.23. Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted. Matt.5.2. To wear the customary habit of sorrow. We mourn in black. Grieve for an hour perhaps, then mourn a year.MOURN, v.t. To grieve for; to lament. But there is an ellipsis of for, the verb not being transitive. When we say, we mourn a friend or a child, the real sense and complete phrase is, we mourn for a friend, or mourn for the loss of a friend. "He mourn'd his rival's ill success," that is,he mourned for his rival's ill success. 1. To utter in a sorrowful manner. The love lorn nightingale Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well.
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