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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wither \With"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Withered}; p. pr & vb
n. {Withering}.] [OE. wideren probably the same word as
wederen to weather (see {Weather}, v. & n.); or cf G.
verwittern to decay, to be weather-beaten, Lith. vysti to
wither.]
1. To fade; to lose freshness; to become sapless; to become
sapless; to dry or shrivel up
Shall he hot pull up the roots thereof, and cut off
the fruit thereof, that it wither? --Ezek. xvii.
9.
2. To lose or want animal moisture; to waste; to pin? away
as animal bodies.
This is man, old wrinkled, faded, withered. --Shak.
There was a man which had his hand withered. --Matt.
xii. 10.
Now warm in love, now with'ring in the grave.
--Dryden.
3. To lose vigor or power; to languish; to pass away ``Names
that must not wither.'' --Byron.
States thrive or wither as moons wax and wane.
--Cowper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wither \With"er\, v. t.
1. To cause to fade, and become dry.
The sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but
it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof
falleth --James i. 11.
2. To cause to shrink, wrinkle, or decay, for want of animal
moisture. ``Age can not {wither} her.'' --Shak.
Shot forth pernicious fire Among the accursed, that
withered all their strength. --Milton.
3. To cause to languish, perish, or pass away to blight; as
a reputation withered by calumny.
The passions and the cares that wither life.
--Bryant.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
wither
v 1: wither, esp. with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and
shriveled" [syn: {shrivel}, {shrivel up}, {shrink}]
2: lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"
[syn: {fade}]
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