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Thesaurus: wail

To choose; to select.

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  1. v. t. To choose; to select.
  2. v. t. To lament; to bewail; to grieve over; as, to wail one's death.
  3. v. i. To express sorrow audibly; to make mournful outcry; to weep.
  4. n. Loud weeping; violent lamentation; wailing.
  5. n. a cry of sorrow and grief
  6. v. emit long loud cries
  7. v. cry weakly or softly
  8. n:33/v:67 v. cry weakly or softly