† forweepv.
Obsolete.
intransitive.
a. To exhaust oneself with weeping.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > weep [verb (intransitive)] > copiously
to weep one's fill or bellyfula1290
to weep out one's eyes heartc1290
forweepa1375
to weep full a streeta1413
to cry (also weep, etc.) one's eyes outa1450
bawl1605
cry1705
to cry (also sob, weep, etc.) one's heart out1732
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2868 Þe quen was wery for-wept & went to bedde.
1423 Kingis Quair lxxiii For-wepit and for-pleynit pitously.
1598 Chaucers Dreame in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 363v/2 With visage and ein all forwept And pale, as man long vnslept.
b. Of a vine: To bleed excessively.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [verb (intransitive)] > emit sap excessively (of grape-vine)
forweepc1420
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 1149 Vines that forwepe & turne away ffrom fruit.
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