beweeping

Verb

beweep (third-person singular simple present beweeps, present participle beweeping, simple past and past participle bewept)

1. (transitive) 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

   Synonyms:

   bewail, bemoan, afterthink, becry, begrieve, bemourn, condole, deplore, elegize, grieve

2. (intransitive) 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

   Synonyms:

   shed tears, burst into tears, cry, cry one's eyes out, greet, shed a tear, squirt some, wail, weep