Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WEEP, v.t.

1. To lament; to bewail; to bemoan. We wand'ring go / Through dreary wastes, and weep each other's woe. – Pope.
2. To shed moisture; as, to weep tears of joy. Groves whose rich trees wept od'rous gum and balm. – Milton.
3. To drop; as, the weeping amber. – Pope.
4. To abound with wet; as, weeping grounds. – Mortimer.