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Wayment

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.]

Thilke science . . . maketh a man to waymenten.
--Chaucer.

For what boots it to weep and wayment, When ill is chanced?
--Spenser.

Wayment

Wayment \Way"ment\, n. Grief; lamentation; mourning. [Written also waiment.] [Obs.]
--Spenser.

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wayment

vb. (context obsolete English) To lament.