- (v.t.) To bewail audibly; to lament.
- (v.i.) A low mournful or murmuring sound; -- of things.
- (v.i.) To emit a sound like moan; -- said of things inanimate; as, the wind moans.
- (v.t.) To afflict; to distress.
- (v.i.) To make a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether articulate or not; to groan softly and continuously.
- (v.i.) A low prolonged sound, articulate or not, indicative of pain or of grief; a low groan.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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