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weep

verb

wept ˈwept How to pronounce weep (audio) ; weeping

transitive verb

1
: to express deep sorrow for usually by shedding tears : bewail
weeping the sins and errors of his youth Edward Gibbon
2
: to pour forth (tears) from the eyes
3
: to exude (a fluid) slowly : ooze
a tree weeping sap

intransitive verb

1
: to express passion (such as grief) by shedding tears
2
a
: to give off or leak fluid slowly : ooze
b
of a fluid : to flow sluggishly or in drops
3
: to droop over : bend

Example Sentences

He wept at the news of her death. She sat down and wept. He wept bitter tears of disappointment. The meringue will weep if you put it in the fridge.
Recent Examples on the Web If the Buffalo Bills ever win a Super Bowl, old folks will weep uncontrollably, raising toasts to departed loved ones who cheered the Bills for decades. Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022 Specialist science journalists have hidden themselves in the bathroom to weep quietly. Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 25 July 2022 The result is a pavlova that will collapse in the middle or weep (separate). Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 17 June 2022 This is a movement that once made Tolstoy weep, and the Viano offered a touchingly guileless account, true to the music’s elusive blend of wistful beauty and sadness. Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2022 Mark was sitting in the passenger seat, dazed and quiet and looking over at the state trooper, who had begun to weep. Eli Saslow, Washington Post, 8 June 2013 Any undissolved sugar will absorb water and your meringue may collapse or weep. Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 17 June 2022 By contrast, the French word for scarcity, rareté, has so many acoustic kin that an English rhymester could weep, with engagé, écarté, and retardé leading the pack. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022 Grown men and women will weep in the streets, but also laugh, because this book is every genre and also an entirely new genre, and that new genre will be named after me. Kathryn Kvas, The New Yorker, 12 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English wepen, from Old English wēpan; akin to Old High German wuoffan to weep, Serbian & Croatian vapiti to cry out

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

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The first known use of weep was before the 12th century

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