Wept

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wept \Wept\,
     imp. & p. p. of {Weep}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Weep \Weep\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wept} (w[e^]pt); p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Weeping}.] [OE. wepen, AS. w[=e]pan, from w[=o]p
     lamentation; akin to OFries. w?pa to lament, OS. w[=o]p
     lamentation, OHG. wuof, Icel. [=o]p a shouting, crying, OS.
     w[=o]pian to lament, OHG. wuoffan, wuoffen, Icel. [oe]pa,
     Goth. w[=o]pjan. [root]129.]
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     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.
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              And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck.
                                                    --Acts xx. 37.
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              Phocion was rarely seen to weep or to laugh.
                                                    --Mitford.
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              And eyes that wake to weep.           --Mrs. Hemans.
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              And they wept together in silence.    --Longfellow.
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     2. To lament; to complain. "They weep unto me, saying, Give
        us flesh, that we may eat." --Num. xi. 13.
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     3. To flow in drops; to run in drops.
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              The blood weeps from my heart.        --Shak.
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     4. To drop water, or the like; to drip; to be soaked.
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     5. To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to
        droop; -- said of a plant or its branches.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wept
       See {weep}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  weep
       v : 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" [syn: {cry}] [ant: {laugh}]
       [also: {wept}]