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Beweep

Definitions

1
To weep over; weep for; weep about; deplore; lament.
c. 1593, Michael Drayton, The Shepheards Garland, The Second Eglog, 2nd edition, With Nymphs and shepheards yearly moane His timeless death beweeping. In telling that my hart alone Hath his last will in keeping.
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bewail bemoan begrieve
2
To weep.
Fast by her style doth wery labour stand./ Pale fere also, and sorrow all bewept
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shed tears beweep burst into tears

Word Origin

From Middle English bewepen, biwepen, from Old English bewēpan (“to weep over, mourn, bewail”), from Proto-West Germanic *biwōpijan (“to weep over”), equivalent to be- + weep. Cognate with Old Frisian...

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Beweep

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verbbeweeps · beweeping · bewept

1
To weep over; weep for; weep about; deplore; lament.
c. 1593, Michael Drayton, The Shepheards Garland, The Second Eglog, 2nd edition, With Nymphs and shepheards yearly moane His timeless death beweeping. In telling that my hart alone Hath his last will in keeping.
Similar
bewail bemoan begrieve
2
To weep.
Fast by her style doth wery labour stand./ Pale fere also, and sorrow all bewept
Similar
shed tears beweep burst into tears

Word Origin

From Middle English bewepen, biwepen, from Old English bewēpan (“to weep over, mourn, bewail”), from Proto-West Germanic *biwōpijan (“to weep over”), equivalent to be- + weep. Cognate with Old Frisian...

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