intransitive verb wept, weeping weep′·ing

1. to manifest or give expression to a strong emotion, usually grief or sorrow, by crying, wailing, or, esp., shedding tears
2. to lament or mourn: with for or over
3. to let fall drops of water or other liquid; esp., to drop moisture condensed from the air cold pipes weep in hot weather
4. to exude water or other liquid wounds, plant stems, etc. weep

Etymology: ME wepen < OE wepan, akin to wop, outcry, Goth wōpjan, OS wōpian < IE base *wab-, to cry, complain > OSlav vabiti, to call to

transitive verb

1. to weep for; lament; bewail; mourn to weep one's misfortune
2. to shed (tears or other drops of liquid)
3. to bring to a specified condition by weeping to weep oneself to sleep

noun

1. a fit of weeping
2. an exudation or dripping of moisture