The Collaborative International Dictionary
Beweep \Be*weep"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bewept; p. pr. & vb. n.
Beweeping.] [AS. bew?pan; pref. be- + weep.]
To weep over; to deplore; to bedew with tears. ``His timeless
death beweeping.''
--Drayton.
Beweep \Be*weep"\, v. i.
To weep. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To weep over; weep for; weep about; deplore; lament. 2 (context transitive English) To bewet with tears, or as with tears. 3 (context intransitive English) To weep.
Usage examples of "beweep".
One weeps to achieve a reputation for tenderness, weeps to be pitied, weeps to be bewept, in fact one weeps to avoid the disgrace of not weeping!
And, what though murdered and betrayed, bewept by all frail tender hearts for, Dane or Dubliner, sorrow for the dead is the only husband from whom they refuse to be divorced.
But after I had been visited by the physicians, Bernabo della Croce and Angelo Gyra, there seemed to be some hope of my recovery, albeit both my parents, and my aunt as well, had already bewept me as one dead.
He would realize all at once that three, seven, thirteen years, in one cycle of separation, and then four, eight, sixteen, in yet another, had elapsed since he had last embraced, held, bewept Ada.
Once or twice, in an interval of semi-delirium, he bewept the ruin not only of his business, but of himself and of his family and of all his belongings.
One weeps to achieve a reputation for tenderness, weeps to be pitied, weeps to be bewept, in fact one weeps to avoid the disgrace of not weeping!
And, what though murdered and betrayed, bewept by all frail tender hearts for, Dane or Dubliner, sorrow for the dead is the only husband from whom they refuse to be divorced.