Lament (?), v. i. [F. lamenter, L. lamentari, fr. lamentum a lament.] To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.
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Jeremiah lamented for Josiah. 2 Chron. xxxv. 25.
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Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice. John xvi. 20.
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Lament, n. [L. lamentum. Cf. Lament, v.] 1. Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping.
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Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage. Milton.
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2. An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like.
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