Main Entry: weep

Pronunciation: \ˈwēp\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): 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 <weeping 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 weeping 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