weep

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1. 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. Acts xx.
2. 2.Phocion was rarely seen to weep or to laugh. Mitford. And eyes that wake to weep. Mrs. Hemans. And they wept together in silence. Longfellow.
3. 3.To lament; to complain. "They weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat." Num. xi.
4. 4.3. To flow in drops; to run in drops. The blood weeps from my heart. Shak.
5. 5.To drop water, or the like; to drip; to be soaked.
6. 6.To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; -- said of a plant or its branches.
7. 7.To lament; to bewail; to bemoan. "I weep bitterly the dead." A. S. Hardy. We wandering go Through dreary wastes, and weep each other's woe. Pope.
8. 8.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. Milton. Groves whose rich trees wept odorous gums and balm. Milton.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is phocion was rarely seen to weep or to laugh. Mitford. And eyes that wake to weep. Mrs. Hemans. And they wept together in silence. Longfellow called?
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• What is 3. To flow in drops; to run in drops. The blood weeps from my heart. Shak called?
• What is to drop water, or the like; to drip; to be soaked called?
• What is to hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; -- said of a plant or its branches called?
• What is to lament; to bewail; to bemoan. "I weep bitterly the dead." A. S. Hardy. We wandering go Through dreary wastes, and weep each other's woe. Pope called?