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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Wayment

· Way·ment · IPA
01 v. i. To lament; to grieve; to wail.
imp. & p. p. Waymented; p. pr. & vb. n. Waymenting
  1. 1.
    To lament; to grieve; to wail.[Obs.]
    “Thilke science . . . maketh a man to waymenten.” — Chaucer.
    “For what boots it to weep and wayment, When ill is chanced?” — Spenser.
02 n. Grief; lamentation; mourning.
  1. 1.
    Grief; lamentation; mourning.[Obs.]