Mourn

v. i. [imp. & p. p. MOURNED; p. pr. & vb. n. MOURNING.] [A-S. murnan, meornan, O. Sax. mornian, O. H. Ger. mornen, Goth. maurnan; whence Fr. morne, Pr. morn, sad, sullen.] 1. To express grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful; to lament. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. Gen. xxiii. 2. 2. To wear the customary habit of sorrow. We mourn in black; why mourn we not in blood? Shak. Grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year. Pope.