transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈwēp ]
verb
( wept ˈwept ; weep·ing )
Etymology: Middle English wepen, from Old English wēpan; 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