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bemoans

bemoans is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bemoan.

Meaning of bemoan

Verb

bemoan (third-person singular simple present bemoans, present participle bemoaning, simple past and past participle bemoaned)

  1. (transitive) To moan or complain about (something).
    • He bemoaned the drought but went on watering his lawn.
  2. (reflexive, transitive) To be dismayed or worried about (someone), particularly because of their situation or what has happened to them.
    • Son. Was ever son so rued a father’s death?
      Father. Was ever father so bemoan’d his son?c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...

Questions about bemoans

What is bemoans the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bemoans is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bemoan.

Words near bemoans in the dictionary

  1. bemoaner
  2. bemoaners
  3. bemoaning
  4. bemoaningly
  5. bemoanings
  6. bemoans
  7. bemoccasined
  8. bemock
  9. bemocked
  10. bemocking
  11. bemocks

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