Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forweep

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: for-weep
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To exhaust (oneself) with weeping; weep excessively; (of a vine) to bleed excessively.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Till at the last an aged knight, / Which seem'd a man in greate thought, / Like as he set all thing at nought, / With visage and eyes all forwept, / And pale, as a man long unslept, […]"
"[…] Schooled the quadrilling Capriole's daring leaps Of delight so exquisite The beholder forweeps No sculpture captures Perfection's display So fluid the flesh is Confection in clay Haunting the memory Of horses on plain Cherished forever […]"

Etymology

From Middle English forwepen, equivalent to for- + weep.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: for
Root: forwepen

Usage

Inflected Forms

forweeps (present, singular) forweeping (participle, present) forwept (participle, past) forwept (past)

Questions

What does forweep mean?: To exhaust (oneself) with weeping; weep excessively; (of a vine) to bleed excessively.
Where does forweep come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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