beweep
beweep verb: to weep over; weep for; weep about; deplore; lament.
Verb
beweep (third-person singular simple present beweeps, present participle beweeping, simple past and past participle bewept)
- To weep over; weep for; weep about; deplore; lament.
- With Nymphs and shepheards yearly moane
His timeless death beweeping.
In telling that my hart alone
Hath his last will in keeping.c. 1593, Michael Drayton, The Shepheards Garland, The Second Eglog, 2nd edition - When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 29”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC
- With Nymphs and shepheards yearly moane
- To weep.
- Fast by her style doth wery labour stand./ Pale fere also, and sorrow all beweptc. 1500, Thomas More, To Them that Trust in Fortune
- Child! Arline! wilt thou? darest thou heap A stain thine after life will beweep, On these hairs by thee and sorrow bleach'd On this hear dishonour never reach'd.1843, Alfred Bunn, The new grand opera In Three Acts of The Bohemian Girl., page 30
- Synonyms:
- shed tears, burst into tears, cry, cry one's eyes out, greet, shed a tear, squirt some, wail, weep
beweep meaning in Urdu
beweep in Urdu
- آنسو بہانا, رونا
Examples of beweep in a sentence
- Cinnamongirl: I am in disgrace in my fellow maidens' eyes and I do beweep alone in my outcast state.2007, Cathy Hopkins, Starting Over, →ISBN:
- How could I condemn a name that honours so many of my friends for whose distance or loss I now beweep?2014, Vincenzo Cuoco, Bruce Haddock, Filippo Sabetti, Historical Essay on the Neapolitan Revolution of 1799, →ISBN, page 114:
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Forms of beweep
| third-person singular present | beweeps |
|---|---|
| present participle | beweeping |
| past participle | bewept |
| past | bewept |
Origin of beweep
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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Questions about beweep
- What does beweep mean?
- Beweep means to weep over; weep for; weep about; deplore; lament.
- What is beweep in Urdu?
- Beweep in Urdu is آنسو بہانا, رونا. See Beweep meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use beweep in a sentence?
- Cinnamongirl: I am in disgrace in my fellow maidens' eyes and I do beweep alone in my outcast state.
- What part of speech is beweep?
- Beweep is a verb.
- What is the past tense of beweep?
- The past tense of beweep is bewept.
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