Mourned

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mourn \Mourn\ (m[=o]rn), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mourned}
     (m[=o]rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Mourning}.] [AS. murnan; akin to
     OS. mornian, OHG. mornen, Goth. ma['u]rnan.]
     1. To express or to feel grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be
        sorrowful; to lament; to be in a state of grief or
        sadness.


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              Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for
              her.                                  --Gen. xxiii.
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     2. To wear the customary garb of a mourner.
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              We mourn in black; why mourn we not in blood?
                                                    --Shak.
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              Grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year.
                                                    --Pope.
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