Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice.
John xvi. 20.
La*ment", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lamented; p. pr. & vb. n. Lamenting.] To
mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.
One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes.
Dryden.
Syn. -- To deplore; mourn; bewail. See Deplore.
La*ment", n. [L. lamentum. Cf. Lament, v.] 1. Grief or sorrow expressed
in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping.
Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage.
Milton.