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overweeping

overweeping is the present participle and gerund of overweep.

Meaning of overweep

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

Questions about overweeping

What is overweeping the present participle and gerund of?
Overweeping is the present participle and gerund of overweep.

Words near overweeping in the dictionary

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

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