beweep

Definition

To weep over; weep for; weep about; deplore; lament.

Etymology

From Middle English bewepen, biwepen, from Old English bewēpan (“to weep over, mourn, bewail”), from Proto-West Germanic *biwōpijan (“to weep over”), equivalent to be- + weep. Cognate with Old Frisian biwēpa (“to beweep”), Old Saxon biwōpian (“to beweep”).

Example Sentences

• "c. 1593, Michael Drayton, The Shepheards Garland, The Second Eglog, 2nd edition, With Nymphs and shepheards yearly moane His timeless death beweeping. In telling that my hart alone Hath his last will in keeping."
• "When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state"
• "Let Gods, men, brutes, beweep him, plants and stones. So shall she know your loss was dear indeed. And bend her heart, and give you Balder back."