† 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.
| c 1350 Will. Palerne 2868 Þe quen was wery for-wept & went to bedde. c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 1149 Vines that forwepe & turne away ffrom fruit. 1423 Jas. I. Kingis Q. lxxiii, For-wepit and for-pleynit pitously. a 1500 Chaucer's Dreme Wks. (1687) 606/2 With visage and ein all forwept, And pale, as man longe vnslept. |