- Beweep
- Beweep \Be*weep"\, v. i. To weep. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
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Beweep — Be*weep , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bewept}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beweeping}.] [AS. bew?pan; pref. be + weep.] To weep over; to deplore; to bedew with tears. His timeless death beweeping. Drayton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
beweep — O.E. bewepan, cognate with O.Fris. biwepa, O.S. biwopian; see BE (Cf. be ) + WEEP (Cf. weep). Related: Bewept … Etymology dictionary
beweep — /bi weep /, v.t., bewept, beweeping. Archaic. to weep over (something): to beweep one s foolish mistakes. [bef. 1000; ME bewepen, OE bewepan. See BE , WEEP1] * * * … Universalium
beweep — verb to weep over; to deplore, lament … Wiktionary
beweep — v. a. O. and N. 972 … Oldest English Words
beweep — be·weep … English syllables
beweep — bə̇, bē+ transitive verb (bewept ; bewept ; beweeping ; beweeps) Etymology: Middle English bewepen, from Old English bewēpan, from be + wēpan to weep more at weep archaic : to weep over : lam … Useful english dictionary
Beweeping — Beweep Be*weep , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bewept}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beweeping}.] [AS. bew?pan; pref. be + weep.] To weep over; to deplore; to bedew with tears. His timeless death beweeping. Drayton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bewept — Beweep Be*weep , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bewept}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beweeping}.] [AS. bew?pan; pref. be + weep.] To weep over; to deplore; to bedew with tears. His timeless death beweeping. Drayton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Oxfordian theory — The Oxfordian theory of Shakespearean authorship holds that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550 1604), wrote the plays and poems attributed to William Shakespeare of Stratford upon Avon. While mainstream scholars who take the Stratfordian… … Wikipedia
