weep
1[ weep ]
/ wip /
verb (used without object), wept, weep·ing.
verb (used with object), wept, weep·ing.
noun
weeping, or a fit of weeping.
the exudation of water or liquid.
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Origin of weep
1before 900; Middle English wepen, Old English wēpan to wail; cognate with Gothic wōpjan to call, Old Norse æpa to cry out
SYNONYMS FOR weep
Definition for weep (2 of 2)
weep
2[ weep ]
/ wip /
noun British Dialect.
the lapwing, Vanellus vanellus, of Europe.
Origin of weep
2imitative
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British Dictionary definitions for weep
weep
/ (wiːp) /
verb weeps, weeping or wept
to shed (tears) as an expression of grief or unhappiness
(tr foll by out) to utter, shedding tears
(when intr, foll by for) to mourn or lament (for something)
to exude (drops of liquid)
(intr) (of a wound, etc) to exude a watery or serous fluid
noun
a spell of weeping
Word Origin for weep
Old English wēpan; related to Gothic wōpjan, Old High German wuofan, Old Slavonic vabiti to call
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Word Origin and History for weep
weep
Old English wepan "shed tears, cry" (class VII strong verb; past tense weop, past participle wopen), from Proto-Germanic *wopjan (cf. Old Norse op, Old High German wuof "shout, shouting, crying," Old Saxon wopian, Gothic wopjan "to shout, cry out, weep"), from PIE *wab- "to cry, scream" (cf. Latin vapulare "to be flogged;" Old Church Slavonic vupiti "to call," vypu "gull"). Weeping willow (cf. French saule pleureur, German trauerweide) is recorded from 1731. The tree is native to Asia; the first brought to England were imported 1748, from the Euphrates. Replaced cypress as a funerary emblem.
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