wept verb
wept
The verb form of wept is weep
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- verb wept simple past tense and past participle of weep1 . 1
- verb without object wept to express grief, sorrow, or any overpowering emotion by shedding tears; shed tears; cry: to weep for joy; to weep with rage. 1
- verb without object wept to let fall drops of water or other liquid; drip; leak: The old water tank was weeping at the seams. 1
- verb without object wept to exude water or liquid, as soil, a rock, a plant stem, or a sore. 1
- verb with object wept to weep for (someone or something); mourn with tears or other expression of sorrow: He wept his dead brother. 1
- verb with object wept to shed (tears); pour forth in weeping: to weep tears of gratitude. 1
- verb with object wept to let fall or give forth in drops: trees weeping an odorous gum. 1
- verb with object wept to pass, bring, put, etc., to or into a specified condition with the shedding of tears (usually followed by away, out, etc.): to weep one's eyes out; to weep oneself to sleep. 1