weep
1[ weep ]
/ wip /
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verb (used without object), wept [wept], /wɛpt/, weep·ing [wee-ping]. /ˈwi pɪŋ/.
verb (used with object), wept [wept], /wɛpt/, weep·ing [wee-ping]. /ˈwi pɪŋ/.
noun
weeping, or a fit of weeping.
the exudation of water or liquid.
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Origin of weep
1First recorded before 900; Middle English wepen, Old English wēpan “to wail”; cognate with Gothic wōpjan “to call,” Old Norse æpa “to cry out”
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weep2
[ 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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