Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DE-PLORE'
DE-PLORE', v.t. [L. deploro; de and ploro, to howl, to wail; Fr. deplorer; It. deplorare; Sp. deplorar, llorar.]
To lament; to bewail; to mourn; to feel or express deep and poignant grief for. We deplored the death of Washington.
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