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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repine \Re*pine"\ (r?-p?n"), v. i. [Pref. re- + pine to
languish.]
1. To fail to wane. [Obs.] ``Reppening courage yields no
foot to foe.'' --Spenser.
2. To continue pining; to feel inward discontent which preys
on the spirits; to indulge in envy or complaint; to
murmur.
But Lachesis thereat gan to repine. --Spenser.
What if the head, the eye, or ear repined To serve
mere engines to the ruling mind? --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repine \Re*pine"\, n.
Vexation; mortification. [Obs.] --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
repine
v : express discontent
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