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beweep

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -iːp

1

verb

Meaning 1

To weep over; weep for; weep about; deplore; lament.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bewail, bemoan, afterthink, becry, begrieve, bemourn, beweep, condole, deplore, elegize, grieve, grieven, keen, lament, mean, mourn, pine, repent, sigh, sorrow, wail, wayment

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To weep.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shed tears, beweep, burst into tears, cry, cry one's eyes out, greet, shed a tear, squirt some, wail, weep

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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 biwēpa (“to beweep”), Old Saxon biwōpian (“to beweep”).