Beweep

verb

verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To weep over; weep for; weep about; deplore; lament. transitive

    "c. 1593, Michael Drayton, The Shepheards Garland, The Second Eglog, 2nd edition, With Nymphs and shepheards yearly moane His timeless death beweeping. In telling that my hart alone Hath his last will in keeping."

  2. 2
    To weep. intransitive

    "Fast by her style doth wery labour stand./ Pale fere also, and sorrow all bewept"

Synonyms

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wailafterthinkbegrievebemoanbesorrowbewail

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"c. 1593, Michael Drayton, The Shepheards Garland, The Second Eglog, 2nd edition, With Nymphs and shepheards yearly moane His timeless death beweeping. In telling that my hart alone Hath his last will in keeping."

Etymology

From Middle English bewepen, biwepen, from Old English bewēpan (“to weep over, mourn, bewail”), from Proto-West Germanic *biwōpijan (“to weep over”), equivalent to be- + weep. Cognate with Old Frisian biwēpa (“to beweep”), Old Saxon biwōpian (“to beweep”).

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