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Weeping   /wˈipɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Weep  v. t.  (past & past part. wept; pres. part. weeping)  
1.
To lament; to bewail; to bemoan. "I weep bitterly the dead." "We wandering go Through dreary wastes, and weep each other's woe."
2.
To shed, or pour forth, as tears; to shed drop by drop, as if tears; as, to weep tears of joy. "Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth." "Groves whose rich trees wept odorous gums and balm."


Weep  v. i.  (past & past part. wept; pres. part. weeping)  
1.
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. "And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck." "Phocion was rarely seen to weep or to laugh." "And eyes that wake to weep." "And they wept together in silence."
2.
To lament; to complain. "They weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat."
3.
To flow in drops; to run in drops. "The blood weeps from my heart."
4.
To drop water, or the like; to drip; to be soaked.
5.
To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; said of a plant or its branches.


noun
Weeping  n.  The act of one who weeps; lamentation with tears; shedding of tears.


adjective
Weeping  adj.  
1.
Grieving; lamenting; shedding tears. "Weeping eyes."
2.
Discharging water, or other liquid, in drops or very slowly; surcharged with water. "Weeping grounds."
3.
Having slender, pendent branches; said of trees; as, weeping willow; a weeping ash.
4.
Pertaining to lamentation, or those who weep.
Weeping cross, a cross erected on or by the highway, especially for the devotions of penitents; hence, to return by the weeping cross, to return from some undertaking in humiliation or penitence.
Weeping rock, a porous rock from which water gradually issues.
Weeping sinew, a ganglion. See Ganglion, n., 2. (Colloq.)
Weeping spring, a spring that discharges water slowly.





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"Weeping" Quotes from Famous Books



... hysterical weeping grew quieter. The sobs came less frequently, and at last ceased. Ben Blair slowly arose, folded his arms, and waited. Another minute passed. Florence Baker, the storm over, glanced up at her companion—at first hesitatingly, then openly and soberly. ...
— Ben Blair - The Story of a Plainsman • Will Lillibridge
... man and the young girl, there were two other women, one evidently the housekeeper, the other possibly the cook. The latter was weeping openly and devoutly kissing the hand of her mistress. The housekeeper discovered that a rug was missing and sent the maid back for it, while the old servant helped the lady into the carriage. The door of the carriage was wide open and Muller ...
— The Lamp That Went Out • Augusta Groner
... Her weeping broke out afresh, this time more piteously than before. The baron, deeply touched, and willing by any means to alleviate her distress, at last divulged the vital secret which he had held ...
— Legends & Romances of Brittany • Lewis Spence
... saved you, you and your daughter. Well, you must study the modern parable of the Prodigal Father from A to Z. Your tears and your pride move me deeply," said Crevel, seating himself, "for it is frightful to see the woman one loves weeping. All I can promise you, dear Adeline, is to do nothing against your interests or your husband's. Only never send to me for information. ...
— Cousin Betty • Honore de Balzac
... emissaries would accomplish the object of their mission. The relations of the prisoner blacked their faces and fasted, hoping the Great Spirit would take pity on them and return husband and father to his sorrowing wife and weeping children. ...
— Autobiography of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, or Black Hawk • Black Hawk


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