\De*plore"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deplored}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Deploring}.] [L. deplorare; de- + plorare to cry out,
wail, lament; prob. akin to pluere to rain, and to E. flow:
cf. F. d['e]plorer. Cf. Flow.]
1. To feel or to express deep and poignant grief for; to
   bewail; to lament; to mourn; to sorrow over.
         To find her, or forever to deplore Her loss.
                                               --Milton.
         As some sad turtle his lost love deplores. --Pope.
2. To complain of. [Obs.] --Shak.
3. To regard as hopeless; to give up. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Syn: To {Deplore}, {Mourn}, {Lament}, {Bewail}, {Bemoan}.
Usage: Mourn is the generic term, denoting a state of grief
       or sadness. To lament is to express grief by outcries,
       and denotes an earnest and strong expression of
       sorrow. To deplore marks a deeper and more prolonged
       emotion. To bewail and to bemoan are appropriate only
       to cases of poignant distress, in which the grief
       finds utterance either in wailing or in moans and
       sobs. A man laments his errors, and deplores the ruin
       they have brought on his family; mothers bewail or
       bemoan the loss of their children.

\De*plore"\, v. i.
To lament. --Gray.