To manifest the combination of bodily symptoms (instinctive cries or moans, sobs, and shedding of tears) which is the natural, audible, and visible…

To emit and let fall in drops. With tears as object.

with cognate object. To shed (tears).

transitive. To cause or allow (something) to drop. Now chiefly regional.

transitive. To shed (tears) copiously.

transitive. To allow (tears) to bubble forth, to give copious vent to (tears). Obsolete.

To shed (tears). Also with out. Obsolete. rare.

to let fall. To shed (tears).

(In sense 8.) to turn on the main: to begin to weep copiously. humorous. Obsolete.