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<h1>Lameness</h1> <Xpage=826>

<hw>Lame"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The condition or quality of being lame; <as>as, the <ex>lameness</ex> of an excuse or an argument</as>.</def>

<h1>Lament</h1> <Xpage=826>

<hw>La*ment"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>lamenter</ets>, L. <ets>lamentari</ets>, fr. <ets>lamentum</ets> a lament.]</ety> <def>To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.</def>

<blockquote>Jeremiah <b>lamented</b> for Josiah. <i>2 Chron. xxxv. 25.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Ye shall weep and <b>lament</b>, but the world shall rejoice. <i>John xvi. 20.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lament</h1> <Xpage=826>

<hw>La*ment"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lamented</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lamenting</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.</def>

<blockquote>One laughed at follies, one <b>lamented</b> crimes. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To deplore; mourn; bewail. See <er>Deplore</er>.</syn>

<h1>Lament</h1> <Xpage=826>

<hw>La*ment"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lamentum</ets>. Cf. <er>Lament</er>, <tt>v.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping.</def>

<blockquote>Torment, and loud <b>lament</b>, and furious rage. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like.</def>

<h1>Lamentable</h1> <Xpage=826>

<hw>Lam"en*ta*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lamentabilis</ets> : cf. F. <ets>lamentable</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; <as>as, a <ex>lamentable</ex> countenance</as>.</def> "<i>Lamentable</i> eye."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful; pitiable; <as>as, a <ex>lamentable</ex> misfortune, or error</as>.</def> "<i>Lamentable</i> helplessness."

<i>Burke.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or <?/idiculous sense.</def>

<i>Bp. Stillingfleet. </i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Lam"en*ta*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>Lam"en*ta*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Lamentation</h1> <Xpage=826>

<hw>Lam`en*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>lamentation</ets>, L. <ets>lamentatio</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning.</def>

<blockquote>In Rama was there a voice heard, <b>lamentation</b> and weeping <i>Matt. ii. 18.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Script.)</fld> <def>A book of the Old Testament attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and taking its name from the nature of its contents.</def>

<h1>Lamented</h1> <Xpage=826>

<hw>La*ment"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Mourned for; bewailed.</def>