weptadj.
/wɛpt/, U.S. /wɛpt/ 1. Of tears: shed in weeping. Also figurative of poetry.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [adjective] > shed in weeping
wept1594
1594 Zepheria ix. sig. C He wip't wept teares from Tellus bosome.
1594 Zepheria x. sig. C1v Since that, how often haue they sent wept Elegies To beg remorse at thy obdurat hart?
2. Of a person: mourned for, lamented, with tears. Also absol.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [adjective] > wept for
wept1729
1729 R. Savage Wanderer ii. 83 Near the wept Fair, her Harp Cecilia strung.
1829 J. F. Cooper Borderers I. 1 (heading) The Borderers; or the Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish.
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