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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
weep .
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Examples
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This letter is from the lover despairing and sorrowful the bereaved, the woeful with whom no peace can stay nor by night nor by day but he weepeth copious tears alway.
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Now after all that delay cometh this letter from him, and he hath a sister who weepeth for him night and day; so I said to her, ‘He is well and all right.’
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However, O my daughter, seeing her misery, I had compassion on her case and kept her by me; and as often as she bethinketh herself of her former estate, she weepeth thus, in pity for herself.
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As for the horse, it is in the royal hoard-house, and the ugly man is here with us in prison; and as soon as night falleth, he weepeth and bemoaneth himself and will not let us sleep. —
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And it was told Joab, Behold the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
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Chapter 19 1. And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
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Chapter 19 1. And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
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Afterward they get out the female: and when the male seeth that he is left alone, he weepeth and crieth, and runneth against the walles, which be made of so strong trees, that some of them doe breake their teeth with running against them.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Alas, my lady my sister beholdeth thee, and she sobbeth and weepeth, that maketh mine heart heavy.
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And it was told Jo'ab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Ab'salom.
2 Samuel 19. 1999
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