Weep

n.	1.	(Zool.) The lapwing; the wipe; - so called from its cry.
imp.	1.	imp. of Weep, for wept.
v. i.	1.	[imp. & p. p. Wept (wĕpt); 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.
	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.
v. t.	1.	To lament; to bewail; to bemoan. 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.

Verb

1.

weep - 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" Synonyms: cry

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