transitive. To stand by or near; to stand over (in solicitude); esp. to stand by (the dead), to mourn for. Also absol.

transitive. To wail over, to utter wailings or cries of sorrow over, esp. over the dead. Also reflexive.

spec. To lament or grieve over a death. transitive. To lament, grieve, or sorrow for (someone dead or someone's death); to express grief for.

transitive. To bewail, lament, deplore. Now poetic or rhetorical. To lament, mourn bitterly for (the dead); to lament the absence or loss of.

transitive. To mourn or lament the loss of (a person or thing).

transitive. To complain of or lament (something); to lament for (a dead person).