Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to mourn
Participle: mournne
Gerund: mourning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | mourn |
| you | mourn |
| he;she;it | mournes |
| we | mourn |
| you | mourn |
| they | mourn |
Perfect
| I | have mournne |
| you | have mournne |
| he;she;it | has mournne |
| we | have mournne |
| you | have mournne |
| they | have mournne |
Past
| I | mourn |
| you | mourn |
| he;she;it | mourn |
| we | mourn |
| you | mourn |
| they | mourn |
Pluperfect
| I | had mournne |
| you | had mournne |
| he;she;it | had mournne |
| we | had mournne |
| you | had mournne |
| they | had mournne |
Future
| I | will mourn |
| you | will mourn |
| he;she;it | will mourn |
| we | will mourn |
| you | will mourn |
| they | will mourn |
Future Perfect
| I | will have mournne |
| you | will have mournne |
| he;she;it | will have mournne |
| we | will have mournne |
| you | will have mournne |
| they | will have mournne |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | mourn |
| you | mourn |
| he;she;it | mourn |
| we | mourn |
| you | mourn |
| they | mourn |
Perfect
| I | have mournne |
| you | have mournne |
| he;she;it | have mournne |
| we | have mournne |
| you | have mournne |
| they | have mournne |
Imperfect
| I | mourn |
| you | mourn |
| he;she;it | mourn |
| we | mourn |
| you | mourn |
| they | mourn |
Pluperfect
| I | had mournne |
| you | had mournne |
| he;she;it | had mournne |
| we | had mournne |
| you | had mournne |
| they | had mournne |
Conditional
Present
| I | would mourn |
| you | would mourn |
| he;she;it | would mourn |
| we | would mourn |
| you | would mourn |
| they | would mourn |
Perfect
| I | would have mournne |
| you | would have mournne |
| he;she;it | would have mournne |
| we | would have mournne |
| you | would have mournne |
| they | would have mournne |
Imperative
| you | mourn |
| we | Let's mourn |
| you | mourn |
Verbs similar to 'mourn'
moun,
bemourn,
boun,
bourd,
burn,
churn,
corn,
courb,
coure,
court,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
murnan "to mourn," also "be anxious, be careful" (class III strong verb; past tense
mearn, pp.
murnen), from P.Gmc.
*murnanan (cf. O.H.G.
mornen, Goth.
maurnan "to mourn," O.N.
morna "to pine away"), perhaps from PIE
*smer- "to remember," or, if the O.N. sense is the base one, from
*mer- "to die, wither."
2. From Middle English mornen, mournen, from Old English murnan, from Proto-Germanic *murnaną. Cognate with French morne (“gloomy”). See: Middle English '
mornen', Old English '
murnan', Proto-Germanic '
*murnaną'.
Sample Sentences
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“ That will do, ” said Marie, selecting one; “ only I 'm not sure about its being properly mourning. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] up ! I took the little fellow in my arms, when he was two weeks old, and kissed him, and cried over him; and then I gave him laudanum, and held him close to my bosom, while he slept to death. How I mourned and cried over it ! and who ever dreamed that it was anything but a mistake, that had made me give it the laudanum ? but it's one of the few things that I 'm glad of, now. I am not sorry, to this [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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A wild, pathetic voice, chants a hymn common among the slaves: “ O there'll be mourning, mourning, mourning, O there'll be mourning, at the judgment-seat of Christ ! ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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And clear and loud swelled through the empty halls the refrain, “ O there'll be mourning, mourning, mourning, O there'll be mourning, at the judgment-seat of Christ ! ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] scatters their members, as the wind whirls and scatters the leaves of autumn ? These shores of refuge, like the eternal shore, often unite again, in glad communion, hearts that for long years have mourned each other as lost. And affecting beyond expression is the earnestness with which every new arrival among them is met, if, perchance, it may bring tidings of mother, sister, child or wife, still [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)