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bewails

bewails is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 bewails

What is bewails the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bewails is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bewail.

Words near bewails in the dictionary

  1. bewailing
  2. bewailingly
  3. bewailings
  4. bewailment
  5. bewailments
  6. bewails
  7. bewaistcoated
  8. bewake
  9. bewallow
  10. bewander
  11. bewandered

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