/ wiːp; NAmE / verb , noun
■ verb ( wept , wept / wept; NAmE /)
1.
weep (for / with sth) | weep (at / over sth) ( formal or literary ) to cry, usually because you are sad :
[ v ]
She started to weep uncontrollably.
He wept for joy.
I do not weep over his death.
I could have wept thinking about what I'd missed.
[ vn ]
She wept bitter tears of disappointment.
[ v to inf ]
I wept to see him looking so sick.
[also v speech ]
2.
[ v ] (usually used in the progressive tenses) ( of a wound ) to produce liquid :
His legs were covered with weeping sores (= sores which had not healed) .
■ noun
[ sing. ] an act of crying :
Sometimes you feel better for a good weep.
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English wēpan (verb), of Germanic origin, probably imitative.