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Weep v. t. (past & past part. wept; pres. part. weeping)

To lament; to bewail; to bemoan. "I weep bitterly the dead." "We wandering go Through dreary wastes, and weep each other's woe."

To shed, or pour forth, as tears; to shed drop by drop, as if tears; as, to weep tears of joy. "Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth." "Groves whose rich trees wept odorous gums and balm."

Weep v. i. (past & past part. wept; pres. part. weeping)

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." "Phocion was rarely seen to weep or to laugh." "And eyes that wake to weep." "And they wept together in silence."

To lament; to complain. "They weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat."

To flow in drops; to run in drops. "The blood weeps from my heart."

To drop water, or the like; to drip; to be soaked.

To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; said of a plant or its branches.

Weep v. obs. Imp. of Weep, for wept.

noun

Weep n. (Zool.) The lapwing; the wipe; so called from its cry.

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Etymology of 'Weep'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Weep" Quotes from Famous Books

... remember only of this hour— And weep somewhat, as now you see me weep— The pathos of your love, that, like a flower, Fearful of death yet amorous of sleep, Droops for a moment and beholds, dismayed, The wind whereon its ...

— American Poetry, 1922 - A Miscellany • Edna St. Vincent Millay

... set him and the other Moors ashore; and when the old man saw the ship sail away with his daughter, he began to sob and cry aloud in the most heartrending way, threatening to kill himself if she did not return to him. The last words that she heard were, "I forgive you all!" and they made her weep so bitterly that it seemed as if her tears would ...

— The Story of Don Quixote • Arvid Paulson, Clayton Edwards, and Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

... was this angel that led the weeping Hagar to the well of water when her child was dying of thirst; and that led the righteous Lot out of the wicked city of Sodom and saved him from its awful burning. When Elijah was hunted for his life and sat down to weep and to starve under the juniper-tree, it was this guardian angel that brought him a cake and a cruse of water. It was this good angel that unbolted the prison doors and set Peter free. When Paul and Silas were lying fast in the stocks singing praise ...

— Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians • Charles Ebert Orr

... hoard; an' if ye could ye'd keep the thumbmarks on the door. Ye've got t' weep t' make it home, ye've got t' sit an' sigh An' watch beside a loved one's bed, an' know that Death is nigh; An' in the stillness o' the night t' see Death's angel come, An' close the eyes o' her that smiled, ...

— Making the House a Home • Edgar A. Guest

... of the doctors who come to see me, of my servants and neighbours, of this town (wherever it is) where I find myself. Naturally I lose myself in my own house, and suffer inconveniences of every sort. Naturally I ask the oddest questions. Naturally I weep and cry out, and have paroxysms of despair. I have no money and no cheque-book. The bank will not recognise my signature, for I suppose that, allowing for the feeble muscles I now have, my handwriting is still Eden's. These people about me will not let me ...

— The Country of the Blind, And Other Stories • H. G. Wells

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