Weep , v. t. 1. To
lament; to bewail; to bemoan. "I weep bitterly the dead." A.
S. Hardy.
We wandering
go
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 joy.
Tears, such as
angels weep, burst forth.
Milton.
Groves whose rich trees wept odorous gums and balm.
Milton.
Weep , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wept (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Weeping.]
[OE. wepen, AS. w&?;pan, from w&?;p
lamentation; akin to OFries. w&?;pa to lament, OS. w&?;p lamentation, OHG. wuof, Icel. &?;p a shouting, crying, OS. w&?;pian to
lament, OHG. wuoffan, wuoffen, Icel.
&?;pa, Goth. w&?;pjan. &?;&?;&?;&?;.]
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.
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.
Weep , obs. imp.
of Weep, for wept.
Chaucer.
Weep (?), n.
(Zoöl.) The lapwing; the wipe; -- so called from its cry.
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