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Weep, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wept p. pr. & vb. n. Weeping.]
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.”
3. To flow in drops; to run in drops.
The blood weeps from my heart. --Shak.
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.
Wept imp. & p. p. of Weep.
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weep
v : shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain; "She cried
bitterly when she heard the news of his death"; "The girl
in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could
not get up the stairs" [syn: cry] [ant: laugh]
[also: wept]