Past tense of weep
irregular verb
The past tense of weep is wept. The past participle is also wept.
Forms of weep
| Base form (V1) | weep /ˈwiːp/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | wept /wɛpt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | wept /wɛpt/ |
| Present participle | weeping /ˈwiːpɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | weeps |
Less standard forms: weeped (nonstandard).
Wept in a sentence
- I silently wept as my daughter's husband rejected her. What would she do now that she was no longer a maiden but also barren?From the entry barren
- I went back up to the UES and wept for her.2020, Emily Segal, Mercury Retrograde, New York: Deluge Books, →ISBN. From the entry ues
- Members of Parliament wept at their providential deliverance from what one overwrought minister described as ‘hyperdiabolical devilishness’.1996-1997, Mark Alan Kishlansky (Mark A. Kishlansky), A Monarchy Transformed, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 67. From the entry hyperdiabolical
- Chiang, unable to control himself, wept bitterly and audibly, causing all in the assembly to shed tears."1971, Pichon Pei Yung Loh, The early Chiang Kai-shek: A STUDY OF HIS PERSONALITY AND POLITICS, 1887-1924, Columbia University Press, page 1. From the entry Kwangtung
- Jesus wept not only because these were his people who were lurching so unavertibly toward the abyss.1966', Helmut Thielicke, Life Can Begin Again: Sermons on the Sermon on the Mount (page 5). From the entry unavertibly
Meaning of weep
- verb To cry; to shed tears, especially when accompanied with sobbing or other difficulty speaking, as an expression of emotion such as sadness or joy.
- verb To lament; to complain.
- verb To produce secretions.
Verbs like weep
Questions about the past tense of weep
- What is the past tense of weep?
- The past tense of weep is wept.
- What is the past participle of weep?
- The past participle of weep is wept.
- Is weep a regular or irregular verb?
- Weep is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
- Is weeped correct?
- weeped is marked nonstandard in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of weep is wept.
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