verb
- past tense and past participle of 'beweep'; to weep over or lament
Usage: archaic or literary; transitive verb
adjective
- covered with or marked by tears; wept over
Usage: archaic or literary
Examples
- She bewept the loss of her dear friend.
- The bewept grave was visited by mourners each spring.
- He bewept his mistakes in solitude.
- The mother bewept her child's departure.
- Bewept cheeks showed the depth of her sorrow.
- The poet bewept the fallen soldiers in his verses.