wail (v.) Old form(s): waile , wailes , wayle , Wayling
bewail, lament, grieve [for]
3H6 II.iii.26[Warwick to all] Why stand we like soft-hearted women here, / Wailing our losses
3H6 V.iv.1[Queen to all] wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss
LLL V.ii.744[King to Princess] to wail friends lost / Is not by much so wholesome-profitable / As to rejoice at friends but newly found
Luc.1508[of a painting of Sinon] An humble gait, calm looks, eyes wailing still
Mac III.i.121[Macbeth to Murderers, of Banquo] I must ... wail his fall / Who I myself struck down
R2 II.ii.22[Bushy to Queen Isabel, of King Richard] your sweet majesty ... / Find shapes of grief more than himself to wail
R3 IV.iv.99[Queen Margaret to Queen Elizabeth] see what now thou art ... / For joyful mother, one that wails the name
Sonn.9.4[] The world will wail thee like a makeless wife
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