beweep

== English == === 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”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -iːp === Verb === beweep (third-person singular simple present beweeps, present participle beweeping, simple past and past participle bewept) (transitive) To weep over; weep for; weep about; deplore; lament. Synonyms: bewail, bemoan; see also Thesaurus:lament c. 1593, Michael Drayton, The Shepheards Garland, The Second Eglog, 2nd edition,[1] With Nymphs and shepheards yearly moane His timeless death beweeping. In telling that my hart alone Hath his last will in keeping. (intransitive) To weep. Synonyms: shed tears; see also Thesaurus:weep ==== Derived terms ==== beweeper === References === “beweep”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “beweep”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.