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Webster 1913 Edition
Weeping
Weep′ing
,Noun.
The act of one who weeps; lamentation with tears; shedding of tears.
Weep′ing
,Adj.
1.
Grieving; lamenting; shedding tears.
“Weeping eyes.” I. Watts.
2.
Discharging water, or other liquid, in drops or very slowly; surcharged with water.
“Weeping grounds.” Mortimer.
3.
Having slender, pendent branches; – said of trees;
as,
. weeping
willow; a weeping
ash4.
Pertaining to lamentation, or those who weep.
Weeping cross
, a cross erected on or by the highway, especially for the devotions of penitents; hence, to return by the weeping cross, to return from some undertaking in humiliation or penitence.
– Weeping rock
, a porous rock from which water gradually issues.
– Weeping sinew
, a ganglion. See , 2.
Ganglion
, Noun.
[Colloq.]
– Weeping spring
, a spring that discharges water slowly.
Webster 1828 Edition
Weeping
WEEPING
,ppr.
WEEPING
,Noun.
Definition 2024
weeping
weeping
English
Verb
weeping
- present participle of weep
Noun
weeping (countable and uncountable, plural weepings)
- Action of the verb to weep.
- Their constant weepings kept us awake.
- 2013, Peter McAra, A World Apart (page 14)
- For a man raised since birth to be strong, resolute, spare with words, and never to bow to the weepings and handwringings of the weaker sex, he had poured out his heart in that letter.