Suffused with tears; moist with weeping or with being wept upon. Const. with, †of.

Drowned in tears; marked or disfigured by weeping.

Full of or suffused with tears; tearful. Now colloquial. Also transferred.

Of an eye: wet with tears, ready to shed tears. In 16–17th cent. also: †watery, rheumy (as a sign of old age or illness) (obsolete).

Of the eyes: filled with or shedding tears, weeping, as a result of strong emotion, esp. sadness. Hence of speech or action: characterized by…

Of the cheeks or face: wet with tears. Now somewhat rare.

Flooded with tears; said of the eyes, cheeks, face; in later usage also, swollen and disfigured with weeping.

Of the eyes: Moist with tears. Obsolete. rare.

transferred. Becoming full to overflowing, as the eyes with tears; said also of the tears.