Associations to the word «Mourn»

Wiktionary

MOURN, verb. To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).
MOURN, noun. (now literary) Sorrow, grief.
MOURN, noun. A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting.

Dictionary definition

MOURN, verb. Feel sadness; "She is mourning her dead child".
MOURN, verb. Observe the customs of mourning after the death of a loved one.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope