Mourn, 1) trans. to grieve for, to lament: H8 V, 5, 63. Caes. III, 2, 45. V, 3, 92. Oth. I, 3, 204. Per. II, 4, 32. V, 1, 246.
2) intr. to grieve, to show sorrow, to wear the habit of grief: Lucr. 1365. Lucr. 1365 Sonn. 127, 13. 132, 9. Pilgr. 391. Err. I, 1, 74. Ado IV, 1, 232. V, 1, 339. LLL V, 2, 754. Shr. Ind. 2, 28. H5 I, 2, 158. H6A II, 5, 111. IV, 3, 32. H6C III, 1, 39. R3 IV, 4, 34. Tit. II, 4, 56. Caes. III, 1, 288. Hml. I, 2, 151. Per. IV, 3, 42. “to m. in black,” Pilgr. 263. H6A I, 1, 17. “in ashes,” R2 V, 1, 49. “in steel,” H6C I, 1, 58. With “at:” Shr. Ind. 1, 62. With “for:” Sonn. 71, 1. 132, 11. Mids. V, 52. All's IV, 3, 102. Tw. I, 5, 72. Tw. I, 5, 72 Wint. IV, 3, 15. R2 V, 1, 49. V, 6, 47. H4B I, 1, 136. H6B III, 2, 383. IV, 4, 22. IV, 4, 22 IV, 4, 22 H6C II, 6, 19. R3 IV, 1, 89. Cor. V, 6, 144. Caes. III, 2, 108. Hml. II, 2, 151 (Ff wail). With “over:” Tp. V, 13. With a clause: LLL IV, 3, 259.
The gerund mourning as a subst.: Sonn. 132, 11. R2 V, 6, 51 (Ff my m., Qq my --s). Tit. II, 4, 57. Lr. IV, 4, 26. “m. black,” Lucr. 1585. “m. duties,” Hml. I, 2, 88. “black m. gowns,” H6C II, 1, 161. in m. habit, Lucr. Arg. H6C II, 1, 161 “m. house,” LLL V, 2, 818. “m. ostentation,” Ado IV, 1, 207. “m. weeds,” H6C III, 3, 229. IV, 1, 104. Tit. I, 70. V, 3, 196 (Q2 Ff mournful).
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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