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Tear(medicine)

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tear verb2. Now rare. OE.
[from TEAR noun1.]
a. verb intrans. Shed tears, weep. obsolete exc. Scot. & dial. OE.
b. Of the eyes: shed or emit tears. Now chiefly N. Amer. OE.
Jayne Phillips The fumes were still so strong our eyes teared.
verb trans. Fill or sprinkle (as) with tears. Now rare or obsolete. E17.