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overwept

overwept is the simple past and past participle 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 overwept

What is overwept the simple past and past participle of?
Overwept is the simple past and past participle of overweep.

Words near overwept in the dictionary

  1. overwell
  2. overwelled
  3. overwelling
  4. overwells
  5. overwent
  6. overwept
  7. overwet
  8. overwetness
  9. overwets
  10. overwetted
  11. overwetting

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