weeps

[weep]

When you weep, you cry. If you're very empathetic, you might start to weep whenever you see other people weep.

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The lapwing; the wipe; -- so called from its cry.

Verb
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"


n.
The lapwing; the wipe; -- so called from its cry.


imp. of Weep, for wept.

v. i.
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.

v. i.
To lament; to complain.

v. i.
To flow in drops; to run in drops.

v. i.
To drop water, or the like; to drip; to be soaked.

v. i.
To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; -- said of a plant or its branches.

v. t.
To lament; to bewail; to bemoan.

v. t.
To shed, or pour forth, as tears; to shed drop by drop, as if tears; as, to weep tears of joy.


Weep

Weep , n. (Zo'94l.) The lapwing; the wipe; -- so called from its cry.

Weep

Weep, obs. imp. of Weep, for wept. Chaucer.

Weep

Weep, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wept ; p. pr. & vb. n. Weeping.] [OE. wepen, AS. wpan, from wp lamentation; akin to OFries. wpa to lament, OS. wp lamentation, OHG. wuof, Icel. p a shouting, crying, OS. wpian to lament, OHG. wuoffan, wuoffen, Icel. pa, Goth. wpjan. .] 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.
Phocion was rarely seen to weep or to laugh.
And eyes that wake to weep.
And they wept together in silence.
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.
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

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.
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.
Groves whose rich trees wept odorous gums and balm.

The lapwing; the wipe; -- so called from its cry.

imp. of Weep, for wept.

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.

To lament; to bewail; to bemoan.

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Usage Examples

I remember when I took Quentin Tarantino with me to a very private screening of the documentary 'Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired,' which shows some of the legal irregularities of his case. I was involved by the film, and it was an amazing experience to see people weep at the end of it.

Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men.

Sometimes when we weep in the movies we weep for ourselves or for a life unlived. Or we even go to the movies because we want to resist the emotion that's there in front of us. I think there is always a catharsis that I look for and that makes the movie experience worthwhile.

It helps, I think, to consider ourselves on a very long journey: the main thing is to keep to the faith, to endure, to help each other when we stumble or tire, to weep and press on.

I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep.

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.

Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want not the alleviation but the silencing of misery.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Those who knew Lincoln described him as an extraordinarily funny man. Humor was an essential aspect of his temperament. He laughed, he explained, so he did not weep.

Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.

The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more.

It's very simple, I just tell my sad story, and people weep.

Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile.

One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose.

Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

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