weepen

English

Etymology

From Middle English wepen, equivalent to weep +‎ -en.

Verb

weepen

1. (obsolete) plural simple present of weep
   • a. 1561, The Contest of the Ivy and the Holly:

     Holly and his merry men, they dancen and they sing;
     Ivy and her maidens, they weepen and they wring.

   • 1562, Arthur Brooke, The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet:

     Whilst Juliet slept, and whilst the other weepen thus,
     Our Friar Laurence hath by this sent one to Romeus,

   • 1593, Michael Drayton, The Shepheards Garland:

     And yet for all to make amends for this,
     The clouds sheed teares and weepen at my misse.