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Thesaurus: wayment

To lament; to grieve; to wail.

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  1. v. i. To lament; to grieve; to wail.
  2. n. Grief; lamentation; mourning.
  3. To lament; to grieve; to wail. [Written also waiment.] [Obs.] Thilke science . . . maketh a man to waymenten. Chaucer. For what boots it to weep and wayment, When ill is chanced Spenser. Grief; lamentation; mourning. [Written also waiment.] [Obs.] Spenser.
  4. To lament; to grieve; to wail. [Written also waiment.] [Obs.]Thilke science . . . maketh a man to waymenten. Chaucer.For what boots it to weep and wayment, When ill is chanced Spenser.