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beweep

[ bih-weep ]

verb (used with object)

Archaic.
bewept, beweeping.
  1. to weep over (something):

    to beweep one's foolish mistakes.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of beweep1

before 1000; Middle English bewepen, Old English ŧ貹. See be-, weep 1
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Example Sentences

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When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself and curse my fate, Wishing me like to one more rich in hope.

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Beweep, be-wēp′, v.t. to weep over, to lament.—p.adj.

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"Now ought ye incontinent to cry upon our Lord Jesus Christ and beweep the sins with which ye are tainted."

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“When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself and curse my fate, Wishing me like to one more rich in hope, 51Թ like him, like him with friends possessed, Desiring this man’s art and that man’s scope, With what I most enjoy contented least; Yet, in these thoughts myself almost despising, Haply I think on thee,” &c.

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Carter works with Reagan to maintain U.S. foreign policy When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries...

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