Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)To lament.

Origin

From Middle English waymenten, from Anglo-Norman waimenter (“to lament”) (compare Old Fren

From Middle English waymenten, from Anglo-Norman waimenter (“to lament”) (compare Old French guaimenter, gaimenter (“to lament”)), a conflation of wai, guai (“woe”), from Frankish *wai, *wē (“woe”) from Proto-Germanic *wai (“woe”), and Latin lamentari (“to lament”). Akin to Old High German wē (“woe”) (German Weh "woe, pain"), Old English wā (“woe”). More at woe, lament.

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Forms

wayments, waymenting, waymented, waymented

regular · Lesson

Base formwayment · to wayment
3rd person singularwayments
Present participlewaymenting
Past simplewaymented
Past participlewaymented

Tenses

wayment · waymented · will wayment · have waymented

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywayment
he, she, itwayments

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave waymented
he, she, ithas waymented

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill wayment

Past simpleLesson

all personswaymented

Synonyms

33 synonyms
grieveB2mournB1bleedB1lamentC2remorseC1regretA2sighB2sorrowB1yearnB2keenB2meanA1pineB2aggrievebesorrow

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wayA1waylaywaysideC1waywardC2

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