Weeping
['wiːpɪŋ] or ['wipɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Weep
(n.) The act of one who weeps; lamentation with tears; shedding of tears.
(a.) Grieving; lamenting; shedding tears.
(a.) Discharging water, or other liquid, in drops or very slowly; surcharged with water.
(a.) Having slender, pendent branches; -- said of trees; as, weeping willow; a weeping ash.
(a.) Pertaining to lamentation, or those who weep.
Typist: Lucas
Unserious Contents or Definition
Weeping in your dreams, foretells ill tidings and disturbances in your family. To see others weeping, signals pleasant reunion after periods of saddened estrangements. This dream for a young woman is ominous of lovers' quarrels, which can only reach reconciliation by self-abnegation. For the tradesman, it foretells temporary discouragement and reverses.
Editor: Susanna
Examples
- I suppose, then, your heart has been weeping blood? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Soon the entire party had landed where stood Professor Porter, Mr. Philander and the weeping Esmeralda. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The weeping girl covers her hand with kisses and says what shall she do, what shall she do, when they are separated! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Is this a time--are these causes for weeping? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Tom was weeping, also, and occasionally uttering a smothered ejaculation. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I cannot pass upon my way and leave you weeping here alone, as if there was nothing in the place. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I remembered the ancient fables, in which human beings are described as dissolving away through weeping into ever-gushing fountains. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- There was another sound in her weeping--a softer, more regretful sound. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Then she ceased to make any attempt, and said, weeping, O Thomasin, do you think he hates me? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- She rose on seeing us enter; and when we were left alone with her, she threw herself at the feet of Elizabeth, weeping bitterly. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Then, seizing Captain Dobbin's hand, and weeping in the most pitiful way, he confided to that gentleman the secret of his loves. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- You are weeping at the pathos of the air. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Dora, clinging to them both, and weeping, exclaimed, 'O yes, aunts! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She began weeping. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Sirrah, behold this dame, this weeping wench. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- And shall we proceed to get rid of the weepings and wailings of famous men? Plato. The Republic.
- To thee do we send up our sighs, mournings and weepings in this valley of tears-- Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Typist: Marvin