Mourn vs Bourn - What's the difference?
mourn | bourn |
To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).
* Bible, Genesis xxiii. 2
* Shakespeare
Sorrow, grief.
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*:Anone after ther cam balen / and whan he sawe kynge Arthur / he alyght of his hors / and cam to the kynge on foote / and salewed hym / by my hede saide Arthur ye be welcome / Sire ryght now cam rydynge this way a knyght makynge grete moorne / for what cause I can not telle
A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting.
A small stream or brook.
* Spenser
As nouns the difference between mourn and bourn
is that mourn is sorrow, grief while bourn is a small stream or brook.As a verb mourn
is to express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).mourn
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Alternative forms
* morneVerb
- Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
- We mourn' in black; why ' mourn we not in blood?
Noun
(en noun)See also
* grieve * lament * sorrowAnagrams
*bourn
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Etymology 1
Doublet of .Noun
(en noun)- My little boat can safely pass this perilous bourn .