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bewailed

bewailed is the simple past and past participle of bewail.

Meaning of bewail

Verb

bewail (third-person singular simple present bewails, present participle bewailing, simple past and past participle bewailed)

  1. To wail over; to feel or express deep sorrow for.
    • […] Though in this city he
      Hath widow’d and unchilded many a one,
      Which to this hour bewail the injury,
      Yet he shall have a noble memory.c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Questions about bewailed

What is bewailed the simple past and past participle of?
Bewailed is the simple past and past participle of bewail.

Words near bewailed in the dictionary

  1. Bew
  2. bewag
  3. bewags
  4. bewail
  5. bewailable
  6. bewailed
  7. bewailer
  8. bewailers
  9. bewailest
  10. bewaileth
  11. bewailing

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