Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb rare To weep.
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- verb obsolete To
cry orweep .
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Examples
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As in all their previous attempts, they were foiled, and their ardor dampened and cooled by the drumming operations upon their noses, which this time was so freely and strongly applied upon one of them as to make him lachrymate and cry out with pain.
The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself de Witt C. Peters
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As in all their previous attempts, they were foiled, and their ardor dampened and cooled by the drumming operations upon their noses, which this time was so freely and strongly applied upon one of them as to make him lachrymate and cry out with pain.
The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson Peters, DeWitt C 1858
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