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overweep

overweep verb: to weep over.

Verb

overweep (third-person singular simple present overweeps, present participle overweeping, simple past and past participle overwept)

  1. (archaic, poetic, transitive) To weep over.
    • Keep my riband, take and keep it,
      (I have loosed it from my hair).
      Feeling, while you overweep it,
      Not alone in your despair, […]1887, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Poems, Catarina to Camoens

Forms of overweep

third-person singular presentoverweeps
present participleoverweeping
past participleoverwept
pastoverwept

Origin of overweep

From over- + weep.

Questions about overweep

What does overweep mean?
Overweep means to weep over.
What part of speech is overweep?
Overweep is a verb.
What is the past tense of overweep?
The past tense of overweep is overwept.

Words near overweep in the dictionary

  1. overweening
  2. overweeningly
  3. overweeningness
  4. overweenings
  5. overweens
  6. overweep
  7. overweeping
  8. overweeps
  9. overweigh
  10. overweighed
  11. overweighing

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