wept
 weep的過去式和過去分詞


 Weep, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wept p. pr. & vb. n. Weeping.]
 1. Formerly, to express sorrow, grief, or anguish, by outcry, or by other manifest signs; in modern use, to show grief or other passions by shedding tears; to shed tears; to cry.
    And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck.   --Acts xx. 37.
    Phocion was rarely seen to weep or to laugh.   --Mitford.
    And eyes that wake to weep.   --Mrs. Hemans.
    And they wept together in silence.   --Longfellow.
 2. To lament; to complain.  “They weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.”
 3. To flow in drops; to run in drops.
    The blood weeps from my heart.   --Shak.
 4. To drop water, or the like; to drip; to be soaked.
 5. To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; -- said of a plant or its branches.


 Wept imp. & p. p. of Weep.

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 wept
      See weep


 weep
      v : shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain; "She cried
          bitterly when she heard the news of his death"; "The girl
          in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could
          not get up the stairs" [syn: cry] [ant: laugh]
      [also: wept]