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Pronunciation : Sob
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [See Sop.]
Definition : Defn: To soak. [Obs.] Mortimer.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Sob
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. sobben; akin to AS. se?fian, si?fian, to complain, bewail, se?fung, si?fung, sobbing, lamentation; cf. OHG. s, s, to sigh, MHG. siuften, siufzen, G. seufzen, MHG. s a sigh, properly, a drawing in of breath, from s to drink, OHG. s. Cf. Sup.]
Definition : Defn: To sigh with a sudden heaving of the breast, or with a kind of convulsive motion; to sigh with tears, and with a convulsive drawing in of the breath. Sobbing is the same thing [as sighing], stronger. Bacon. She sighed, she sobbed, and, furious with despair. She rent her garments, and she tore her hair. Dryden.

i. [imp. & p. p. Sobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sobbing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Sob
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. The act of sobbing; a convulsive sigh, or inspiration of the breath, as in sorrow. Break, heart, or choke with sobs my hated breath. Dryden.

2. Any sorrowful cry or sound. The tremulous sob of the complaining owl. Wordsworth.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913