n. | 1. | (Zool.) The lapwing; the wipe; - so called from its cry. |
imp. | 1. | imp. of Weep, for wept. |
v. i. | 1. | |
| 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. |
| 2. | To lament; to complain. |
| 3. | To flow in drops; to run in drops. |
| 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. |
v. t. | 1. | To lament; to bewail; to bemoan. |
| 2. | To shed, or pour forth, as tears; to shed drop by drop, as if tears; as, to weep tears of joy. |