Be-mōan', v. t.

[imp. & p. p. BEMOANED; p. pr. & vb. n. BEMOANING.] [be and moan.] 1. To express deep grief for by moaning; to express sorrow for; to lament; to bewail. Implores their pity, and his pain bemoans. Dryden. 2. To express pity for or sympathy with. [Rare.] Bastards, . . . if proving eminent, are much bemoaned, because merely passive in the blemish of their birth. Fuller. Syn.—See DEPLORE.