Definition of "wept" []

• Past tense and past participle of weep. (verb)

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• "I stood near him and wept in company, and asked him, ‘_Why we wept_?’"
• "Several again wept with joy, but this time mixed with a little sadness."
• "Then Nur al-Din wept with weeping galore than which naught could be more; and peering into ever corner of the room, recited these two couplets,"