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.