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overweeps

overweeps is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 overweeps

What is overweeps the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overweeps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overweep.

Words near overweeps in the dictionary

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

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