whept

simple past and past participle of whip: whipped, whipt

Verb

  1. simple past and past participle of whip: whipped, whipt
    • This morning one of Capt. Pharinton’s men was Whept 30 Lashes for Stealing A cheese. - 1776 April 2, Diary of David How: A Private in Colonel Paul Dudley Sargent’s Regiment of the Massachusetts Line, in the Army of the...
    • Doctor Faustus was a good man // He whept his scholars now and then // And when he whept ‛em made ‛em dance // Out of Scotland into France - 1994, Canadian Folk Music Journal, Canadian Society for Musical Traditions...