Mourn \Mourn\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mourned; p. pr. & vb. n. Mourning.]

[AS. murnan; akin to OS. mornian, OHG. mornen, Goth. ma['u]rnan.]

1. To express or to feel grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful; to lament; to be in a state of grief or sadness.

Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. --Gen. xxiii. 2.

2. To wear the customary garb of a mourner.

We mourn in black; why mourn we not in blood? --Shak.

Grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year. --Pope.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Mourning \Mourn"ing\, n. [AS. murnung.]

1. The act of sorrowing or expressing grief; lamentation; sorrow.

2. Garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of grief, esp. clothing or a badge of somber black.

The houses to their tops with black were spread, And ev'n the pavements were with mourning hid. --Dryden.

Deep mourning. See under Deep.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Mourning \Mourn"ing\, a.

1. Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.

2. Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing; as, mourning garments; a mourning ring; a mourning pin, and the like.

Mourning bride (Bot.), a garden flower (Scabiosa atropurpurea) with dark purple or crimson flowers in flattened heads.

Mourning dove (Zo["o]l.), a wild dove (Zenaidura macroura) found throughout the United States; -- so named from its plaintive note. Called also Carolina dove. See Illust. under Dove.

Mourning warbler (Zo["o]l.), an American ground warbler (Geothlypis Philadelphia). The male has the head, neck, and chest, deep ash-gray, mixed with black on the throat and chest; other lower parts are pure yellow.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)