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Pronunciation : Way"ment
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. waymenten, OF. waimenter, gaimenter, guaimenter, from wai, guai, woe! (of Teutonic origin; see Woe) and L. lamentari to lament. See Lament.]
Definition : Defn: To lament; to grieve; to wail. [Written also waiment.] [Obs.] Thilke science . . . maketh a man to waymenten. Chaucer. For what boots it to weep and wayment, When ill is chanced Spenser.

i. [imp. & p. p. Waymented; p. pr. & vb. n. Waymenting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Way"ment
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Grief; lamentation; mourning. [Written also waiment.] [Obs.] Spenser.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913