Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WEEP, v.i. [pret. and pp. wept. Weeped, I believe, is never used. Sax. wepan; evidently the same word as whoop. See Whoop. The primary sense is to cry out.]

1. To express sorrow, grief or anguish by outcry. This the original sense. But in present usage, to manifest and express grief by outcry or by shedding tears. They all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him. – Acts xx. Phocion was rarely seen to weep or to laugh. – Milford.
2. To shed tears from any passion. Persons sometimes weep for joy.
3. To lament; to complain. Numb. xi.