WEEP
\wˈiːp], \wˈiːp], \w_ˈiː_p]\
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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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To lament; to complain.
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To flow in drops; to run in drops.
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To drop water, or the like; to drip; to be soaked.
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To lament; to bewail; to bemoan.
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To shed, or pour forth, as tears; to shed drop by drop, as if tears; as, to weep tears of joy.
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The lapwing; the wipe; - so called from its cry.
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To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; - said of a plant or its branches.
By Oddity Software
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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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To lament; to complain.
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To flow in drops; to run in drops.
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To drop water, or the like; to drip; to be soaked.
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To lament; to bewail; to bemoan.
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To shed, or pour forth, as tears; to shed drop by drop, as if tears; as, to weep tears of joy.
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The lapwing; the wipe; - so called from its cry.
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To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; - said of a plant or its branches.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald