BEWEEP

Etymology

Verb

beweep (third-person singular simple present beweeps, present participle beweeping, simple past and past participle bewept)

(transitive) To weep over; weep for; weep about; deplore; lament.

(intransitive) To weep.

Source: Wiktionary


Be*weep", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bewept; p. pr. & vb. n. Beweeping.] Etym: [AS. bew; pref. be- + weep.]

Definition: To weep over; to deplore; to bedew with tears. "His timeless death beweeping." Drayton.

Be*weep", v. i.

Definition: To weep. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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