US /bɪˈwip/ UK /bɪˈwiːp/
verb

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to weep over or lament; to bewail

    In the sonnet he beweeps his outcast state.

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1 verb · to weep over or lament; to... bewaillamentmournbemoangrievedeplore
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Related forms weep

Etymology

From Old English bewēpan ('to weep over'), from be- (intensive) + wēpan ('to weep').

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