weepe
weepe is the obsolete spelling of weep.
Meaning of weep
Verb
weep (third-person singular simple present weeps, present participle weeping, simple past and past participle wept or (poetic, otherwise nonstandard) weeped)
- To cry; to shed tears, especially when accompanied with sobbing or other difficulty speaking, as an expression of emotion such as sadness or joy.
- They wept together in silence.1847 November 1, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie, Boston, Mass.: William D. Ticknor & Company, →OCLC, part I
- To lament; to complain.
- They weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 11:13
- To produce secretions.
- To flow in drops; to run in drops.
- a weeping spring, which discharges water slowly
- To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; said of a plant or its branches.
- The willows weep and the moonbeams sleep / On the mariner's silent grave.1893, Edward William Cole, The best song book in the world, page 314
- To weep over; to bewail.
- Fair Venus wept the sad disaster
Of having lost her favorite dove.1717, Matthew Prior, The Dove
- Fair Venus wept the sad disaster
Forms of weepe
| third-person singular present | weepes |
|---|---|
| present participle | weeping |
| past participle | weeped |
| past | weeped |
| past participle | wepte |
| past | wepte |
| past participle | wept |
| past | wept |
Questions about weepe
- What is weepe the obsolete spelling of?
- Weepe is the obsolete spelling of weep.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: weepe (page history and authors); weep (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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