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Definition: waiment
Wayment
\Way"ment\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Waymented; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Waymenting.] [OE. waymenten, OF. waimenter,
gaimenter, guaimenter, from wai, guai, woe! (of Teutonic
origin; see
Woe) and L. lamentari to lament. See
Lament.]
To lament; to grieve; to wail. [Written also
waiment.]
[Obs.]
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Thilke science . . . maketh a man to waymenten.
--Chaucer.
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For what boots it to weep and wayment,
When ill is chanced? --Spenser.
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Wayment
\Way"ment\, n.
Grief; lamentation; mourning. [Written also
waiment.]
[Obs.] --Spenser.
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