n.
Pronunciation: ' w ē p
Function: verb
Inflected Form: wept \ ' wept \ ; weep · ing
Etymology: Middle English wepen, from Old English w ē pan; akin to Old High German wuoffan to weep, Serbian & Croatian vapiti to cry out
Date: before 12th century
transitive verb
1 : to express deep sorrow for usually by shedding tears : BEWAIL < weep ing the sins and errors of his youth ― Edward Gibbon>
2 : to pour forth (tears) from the eyes
3 : to exude (a fluid) slowly : OOZE <a tree weep ing sap>
intransitive verb
1 : to express passion (as grief) by shedding tears
2 a : to give off or leak fluid slowly : OOZE b of a fluid : to flow sluggishly or in drops
3 : to droop over : BEND