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Definition of bewail verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

bewail

verb

NAmE//bɪˈweɪl//

bewail something (formal or humorous)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they bewail

he / she / it bewails

past simple bewailed

-ing form bewailing

to express great sadness about something

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