... little prince shed tears (4)
I believe the answer is:
weep
'shed tears' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'little prince' is the wordplay.
'little' becomes 'wee' ('wee' can be similar in meaning to 'little').
'prince' becomes 'p'.
'wee'+'p'='WEEP'
(Other definitions for weep that I've seen before include "Sob - ooze" , "Express grief or sorrow" , "leak" , "Display sorrow" , "Greet" .)