v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bewept p. pr. & vb. n. Beweeping. ] [ AS. bew&unr_;pan; pref. be- + weep. ] To weep over; to deplore; to bedew with tears. “His timeless death beweeping.” Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To weep. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. someone who cleans soot from chimneys, usually as a profession.
Syn. -- chimneysweeper, sweep. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly. [ R. ] Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To weep much. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A boat designed for the purpose of detecting and disposing of marine mines. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. the activity of detecting and disposing of marine mines. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To exceed in weeping. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So called from its note. ] [ Prov. Eng. ] (Zool.) (a) The pewit, or lapwing. (b) The greenfinch. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Swept p. pr. & vb. n. Sweeping. ] [ OE. swepen; akin to AS. swāpan. See Swoop, v. i. ] 1. To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney. Used also figuratively. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will sweep it with the besom of destruction. Isa. xiv. 23. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To drive or carry along or off with a broom or a brush, or as if with a broom; to remove by, or as if by, brushing; as, to sweep dirt from a floor; the wind sweeps the snow from the hills; a freshet sweeps away a dam, timber, or rubbish; a pestilence sweeps off multitudes. [ 1913 Webster ]

The hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies. Isa. xxviii. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have already swept the stakes. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To brush against or over; to rub lightly along. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their long descending train,
With rubies edged and sapphires, swept the plain. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion. [ 1913 Webster ]

And like a peacock sweep along his tail. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To strike with a long stroke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wake into voice each silent string,
And sweep the sounding lyre. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Naut.) To draw or drag something over; as, to sweep the bottom of a river with a net. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a telescope. [ 1913 Webster ]

To sweep a mold or
To sweep up a mold (Founding), to form the sand into a mold by a templet, instead of compressing it around the pattern. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To clean rooms, yards, etc., or to clear away dust, dirt, litter, etc., with a broom, brush, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To brush swiftly over the surface of anything; to pass with switness and force, as if brushing the surface of anything; to move in a stately manner; as, the wind sweeps across the plain; a woman sweeps through a drawing-room. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To pass over anything comprehensively; to range through with rapidity; as, his eye sweeps through space. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of sweeping. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line. [ 1913 Webster ]

The road which makes a small sweep. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. (Founding) A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. (Naut.) (a) The mold of a ship when she begins to curve in at the rungheads; any part of a ship shaped in a segment of a circle. (b) A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them. [ 1913 Webster ]

11. (Refining) The almond furnace. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

12. A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water. [ Variously written swape, sweep, swepe, and swipe. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

13. (Card Playing) In the game of casino, a pairing or combining of all the cards on the board, and so removing them all; in whist, the winning of all the tricks (thirteen) in a hand; a slam. [ 1913 Webster ]

14. pl. The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sweep net, a net for drawing over a large compass. --
Sweep of the tiller (Naut.), a circular frame on which the tiller traverses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The crop of hay got in a meadow. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, sweeps, or cleans by sweeping; a sweep; as, a carpet sweeper. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is oxygen which is the great sweeper of the economy. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Cleaning off surfaces, or cleaning away dust, dirt, or litter, as a broom does; moving with swiftness and force; carrying everything before it; including in its scope many persons or things; as, a sweeping flood; a sweeping majority; a sweeping accusation. -- Sweep"ing*ly, adv. -Sweep"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. Things collected by sweeping; rubbish; as, the sweepings of a street. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bow-saw. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A winning of all the stakes or prizes. Heylin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A complete removal or carrying away; a clean sweep. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hacket. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A winning of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. sing. or pl. The whole money or other things staked at a horse race, a given sum being put up for each horse, all of which goes to the winner, or is divided among several, as may be previously agreed. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A race for all the sums staked or prizes offered. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who extracts the residuum of precious metals from the sweepings, potsherds, etc., of refineries of gold and silver, or places where these metals are used. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Moving with a sweeping motion. [ 1913 Webster ]

The branches bend before their sweepy away. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

See accommodating.
See aching.
See ailing.
See aiming.
See alarming.
See altering.
See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
See bleaching.
See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See profiting.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

II. Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The lapwing; the wipe; -- so called from its cry. [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. imp. of Weep, for wept. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Wept p. pr. & vb. n. Weeping. ] [ OE. wepen, AS. wēpan, from wōp lamentation; akin to OFries. w&unr_;pa to lament, OS. wōp lamentation, OHG. wuof, Icel. ōp a shouting, crying, OS. wōpian to lament, OHG. wuoffan, wuoffen, Icel. œpa, Goth. wōpjan. √129. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Formerly, to express sorrow, grief, or anguish, by outcry, or by other manifest signs; in modern use, to show grief or other passions by shedding tears; to shed tears; to cry. [ 1913 Webster ]

And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck. Acts xx. 37. [ 1913 Webster ]

Phocion was rarely seen to weep or to laugh. Mitford. [ 1913 Webster ]

And eyes that wake to weep. Mrs. Hemans. [ 1913 Webster ]

And they wept together in silence. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To lament; to complain. “They weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.” Num. xi. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To flow in drops; to run in drops. [ 1913 Webster ]

The blood weeps from my heart. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To drop water, or the like; to drip; to be soaked. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; -- said of a plant or its branches. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To lament; to bewail; to bemoan. “I weep bitterly the dead.” A. S. Hardy. [ 1913 Webster ]

We wandering go
Through dreary wastes, and weep each other's woe. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To shed, or pour forth, as tears; to shed drop by drop, as if tears; as, to weep tears of joy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Groves whose rich trees wept odorous gums and balm. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who weeps; esp., one who sheds tears. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A white band or border worn on the sleeve as a badge of mourning. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) The capuchin. See Capuchin, 3 (a). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of weeping or lamentation; grieving. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of one who weeps; lamentation with tears; shedding of tears. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Grieving; lamenting; shedding tears. “Weeping eyes.” I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Discharging water, or other liquid, in drops or very slowly; surcharged with water. “Weeping grounds.” Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Having slender, pendent branches; -- said of trees; as, weeping willow; a weeping ash. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Pertaining to lamentation, or those who weep. [ 1913 Webster ]

Weeping cross, a cross erected on or by the highway, especially for the devotions of penitents; hence, to return by the weeping cross, to return from some undertaking in humiliation or penitence. --
Weeping rock, a porous rock from which water gradually issues. --
Weeping sinew, a ganglion. See Ganglion, n., 2. [ Colloq. ] --
Weeping spring, a spring that discharges water slowly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a variety of European beech (Fagus pendula, Fagus sylvatica pendula) with pendulous limbs. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a perennial South African grass (Eragrostis curvula) having densly clumped flimsy stems; introduced into U.S. esp. for erosion control.
Syn. -- African love grass. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In a weeping manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Ripe for weeping; ready to weep. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a medium-sized spruce of California and Oregon (Picea breweriana) having pendulous branches.
Syn. -- Brewer's spruce. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

. (a) Any tree having pendulous branches. (b) A tree from which honeydew or other liquid secretions of insects drip in considerable quantities, esp. one infested by the larvae of any species of the genus Ptylus, allied to the cuckoo spits, which in tropical countries secrete large quantities of a watery fluid. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a small shrubby tree of New Zealand having weeping branches and racemes of white to violet flowers followed by woolly indehiscent 2-seeded pods.
a broom is any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. same as crumblecap. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

(Bot.) a tree (Salix babylonica) of the willow family with slender leaves, native to China, whose branches grow very long and slender, and hang down almost perpendicularly. It grows best where soil is moist, as by the banks of streams and is widely cultivated as an ornamental tree.
Syn. -- Babylonian weeping willow. [ PJC ]