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weep

[ weep ]

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verb (used without object)

wept weeping

to express grief, sorrow, or any overpowering emotion by shedding tears; shed tears; cry:
to weep for joy;
to weep with rage.
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to let fall drops of water or other liquid; drip; leak:
The old water tank was weeping at the seams.
to exude water or liquid, as soil, a rock, a plant stem, or a sore.

verb (used with object)

wept weeping

to weep for (someone or something); mourn with tears or other expression of sorrow:
He wept his dead brother.
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to shed (tears); pour forth in weeping:
to weep tears of gratitude.
to let fall or give forth in drops:
trees weeping an odorous gum.
to pass, bring, put, etc., to or into a specified condition with the shedding of tears (usually followed by away, out, etc.):
to weep one's eyes out;
to weep oneself to sleep.

noun

weeping, or a fit of weeping.
the exudation of water or liquid.

weep

[ weep ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

British Dialect.

the lapwing, Vanellus vanellus, of Europe.

weep

/ �ɾ�ː�� /

verb

to shed (tears) as an expression of grief or unhappiness
trfoll byout to utter, shedding tears
whenintr, foll by for to mourn or lament (for something)
to exude (drops of liquid)
intr (of a wound, etc) to exude a watery or serous fluid

noun

a spell of weeping

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of weep¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English wepen, Old English ��ŧ�貹�� “to wail”; cognate with Gothic ��ō��Ჹ�� “to call,” Old Norse æ�貹 “to cry out”

Origin of weep²

Imitative

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of weep¹

Old English ��ŧ�貹��; related to Gothic ��ō��Ჹ��, Old High German wuofan, Old Slavonic vabiti to call

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“Stories were pouring out of people visiting his shop, and a couple people who grew up in Altadena actually ended up standing in front of the map and weeping.”

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Kim wept as he said that although he dated the actress for a year when she was an adult, they never dated while she was underage.

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Redick is back to see the effects of nature’s rage, to walk through the place that was once his house, to weep at everything that he and his neighbors have lost that cannot be replaced.

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But his stunted talent for small talk can be very affecting in turns that, say, require him to deliver news to a weeping stranger, confirming their worst fear has come to pass.

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People prayed and wept worldwide, not just because of his declining health but because it was coming at the worst time possible.

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