forweep
forweep verb: to exhaust (oneself) with weeping; weep excessively; (of a vine) to bleed excessively.
Verb
forweep (third-person singular simple present forweeps, present participle forweeping, simple past and past participle forwept)
- To exhaust (oneself) with weeping; weep excessively; (of a vine) to bleed excessively.
- Till at the last an aged knight, / Which seem'd a man in greate thought, / Like as he set all thing at nought, / With visage and eyes all forwept, / And pale, as a man long unslept, […]1870, Geoffrey Chaucer, David Laing Purves, Edmund Spenser, The Canterbury tales and Faerie queene
- […] Schooled the quadrilling Capriole's daring leaps Of delight so exquisite The beholder forweeps No sculpture captures Perfection's display So fluid the flesh is Confection in clay Haunting the memory Of horses on plain Cherished forever […]1966, Helen Rambow, Chattermarks
Forms of forweep
| third-person singular present | forweeps |
|---|---|
| present participle | forweeping |
| past participle | forwept |
| past | forwept |
Origin of forweep
From Middle English forwepen, equivalent to for- + weep.
Questions about forweep
- What does forweep mean?
- Forweep means to exhaust (oneself) with weeping; weep excessively; (of a vine) to bleed excessively.
- What part of speech is forweep?
- Forweep is a verb.
- What is the past tense of forweep?
- The past tense of forweep is forwept.
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