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wept

[wept]

–verb

pt. and pp. of weep ¹ .

1 [weep]

verb, wept, weep⋅ing, noun

–verb (used without object)

1.	to express grief, sorrow, or any overpowering emotion by shedding tears; shed tears; cry: to weep for joy; to weep with rage.

2.	to let fall drops of water or other liquid; drip; leak: The old water tank was weeping at the seams.

3.	to exude water or liquid, as soil, a rock, a plant stem, or a sore.

–verb (used with object)

4.	to weep for (someone or something); mourn with tears or other expression of sorrow: He wept his dead brother.

5.	to shed (tears); pour forth in weeping: to weep tears of gratitude.

6.	to let fall or give forth in drops: trees weeping an odorous gum.

7.	to pass, bring, put, etc., to or into a specified condition with the shedding of tears (usually fol. by away, out, etc.): to weep one's eyes out; to weep oneself to sleep.

–noun

8.	weeping, or a fit of weeping.

9.	the exudation of water or liquid.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME wepen, OE wēpan to wail; c. Goth wōpjan to call, ON æpa to cry out

Synonyms:
1. sob; wail, lament. 4. bewail, bemoan, lament.

Antonyms:
1. laugh, rejoice.

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weep (wēp)

v. wept (wěpt), weep·ing, weeps

v. tr.

To shed (tears) as an expression of emotion: weep bitter tears of remorse.
To express grief or anguish for; lament: wept the death of the child.
To bring to a specified condition by weeping: She wept herself into a state of exhaustion.
To exude or let fall (drops of liquid): "cuts the jellied milk into tiny, soft curds that weep whey" (Kit Snedaker).

v. intr.

To express emotion, such as grief or sadness, by shedding tears. See Synonyms at cry.
To mourn or grieve: wept for the dead.
To emit or run with drops of liquid: a sore that weeps.

n. A period or fit of weeping. Often used in the plural.

[Middle English wepen, from Old English wēpan.]

wept (wěpt)

v. Past tense and past participle of weep.

Wept

Wept\, imp. & p. p. of Weep.

Language Translation for : Wept

Spanish: llorar,

German: weinen,

Japanese: 泣く

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