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† forˈweep, v. Obs.
Pa. pple. forwepe, -weped, -wept(e.
[f. for- prefix1 + weep.]
intr. a. To exhaust oneself with weeping. b. Of a vine: To bleed excessively.
c1350Will. Palerne 2868 Þe quen was wery for-wept & went to bedde. c1420Pallad. on Husb. iii. 1149 Vines that forwepe & turne away ffrom fruit. 1423Jas. I. Kingis Q. lxxiii, For-wepit and for-pleynit pitously. a1500Chaucer's Dreme Wks. (1687) 606/2 With visage and ein all forwept, And pale, as man longe vnslept. |