Weep

wep, v. [wept, weeping.] To show grief or other pa ions by shedding tears; to shed tears, cry; to lament, complain; to flow or run in drops; to drop water, drip, be very wet; to hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to droop. v. To lament, bewail, bemoan; to shed or pour forth (tears); to shed drop by drop, as if tears to spend or consume in tears or weeping. [AS. wepan, to cry aloud, wop, a clamor, outcry, OS. wopian, to raise an outcry, Goth. wopjan, to cry out, OHG. wuofan, to lament, weep, wuof, an outcry Skr. vac, to cry, howl, E. voice.] — Weep'er, n. One who weeps; a white cuff on a black dre . — Weep'ing-willow, n. A species of willow whose branches grow very long and slender, and hang down nearly in a perpendicular direction.