Weepe
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Weepe is a verb meaning Obsolete spelling of weep.
Meaning
Obsolete spelling of weep.
Example Sentences
Then fall they to cry, to weepe, and to torment themselues, as little children that haue lost their play-game, which notwithstanding is nothing worth.
'A good play,' he condescends to say, 'I find it, and the actors most good in it; and pretty to hear Knipp sing in the play very properly "All night I weepe," and sung it admirably.
The Springe neglectes his course to keepe, The Ayre continual stormes do weepe, The pretty Birdes disdaine to singe, The Maides to smile, the woods to springe, The Mountaines droppe, the valleys morne Till Jack and Tom do safe returne.
But all the rest, as borne of salvage brood, And having beene with acorns alwaies fed, 590 Can no whit savour this celestiall food, But with base thoughts are into blindnesse led, And kept from looking on the lightsome day: For whome I waile and weepe all that I may.
Word Forms
- weepes
- weeping
- weeped
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include meawl, waile, lachrymate, teare, emmew, moone.
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