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Webster 1913 Edition
Weep
Weep
,Noun.
(Zool.)
The lapwing; the wipe; – so called from its cry.
Weep
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Wept
(wĕpt)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Weeping
.] [OE.
wepen
, AS. wēpan
, from wōp
lamentation; akin to OFries. w[GREEK]pa
to lament, OS. wōp
lamentation, OHG. wuof
, Icel. ōp
a shouting, crying, OS. wōpian
to lament, OHG. wuoffan
, wuoffen
, Icel. œpa
, Goth. wōpjan
. √129.] 1.
Formerly, to express sorrow, grief, or anguish, by outcry, or by other manifest signs; in modern use, to show grief or other passions by shedding tears; to shed tears; to cry.
And they all
wept
sore, and fell on Paul’s neck. Acts xx. 37.
Phocion was rarely seen to
weep
or to laugh. Mitford.
And eyes that wake to
weep
. Mrs. Hemans.
And they
wept
together in silence. Longfellow.
2.
To lament; to complain.
“They weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.” Num. xi. 13.
3.
To flow in drops; to run in drops.
The blood
weeps
from my heart. Shakespeare
4.
To drop water, or the like; to drip; to be soaked.
5.
To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; – said of a plant or its branches.
Weep
,Verb.
T.
1.
To lament; to bewail; to bemoan.
“I weep bitterly the dead.” A. S. Hardy.
We wandering go
Through dreary wastes, and
Through dreary wastes, and
weep
each other's woe. Pope.
2.
To shed, or pour forth, as tears; to shed drop by drop, as if tears;
as, to
. weep
tears of joyTears, such as angels
weep
, burst forth. Milton.
Groves whose rich trees
wept
odorous gums and balm. Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Weep
WEEP
,Verb.
I.
1.
To express sorrow, grief or anguish by outcry. This is the original sense. But in present usage, to manifest and express grief by outcry or by shedding tears.They all wept sore, and fell on Pauls neck, and kissed him. Acts 20.
Phocion was rarely seen to weep or to laugh.
2.
To shed tears from any passion. Persons sometimes weep for joy.3.
To lament; to complain. Numbers 11.WEEP
,Verb.
T.
1.
To lament; to bewail; to bemoan.We wandring go through dreary wastes, and weep each others woe.
2.
To shed moisture; as, to weep tears of joy.Groves whose rich trees wept odrous gum and balm.
3.
To drop; as the weeping amber.4.
To abound with wet; as weeping grounds.Definition 2024
weep
weep
English
Verb
weep (third-person singular simple present weeps, present participle weeping, simple past and past participle wept or weeped)
- To cry; shed tears.
- Longfellow
- They wept together in silence.
- Longfellow
- To lament; to complain.
- Bible, Numbers xi. 13
- They weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
- Bible, Numbers xi. 13
- (medicine, of a wound or sore) To produce secretions.
- To flow in drops; to run in drops.
- a weeping spring, which discharges water slowly
- Shakespeare
- The blood weeps from my heart.
- To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; said of a plant or its branches.
- (obsolete, transitive) To weep over; to bewail.
- Prior
- Fair Venus wept the sad disaster / Of having lost her favorite dove.
- Prior
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:weep
Derived terms
Terms derived from weep
Translations
to cry, shed tears
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Etymology 2
Imitative of its cry.
Noun
weep (plural weeps)