DWINE

Etymology

Verb

dwine (third-person singular simple present dwines, present participle dwining, simple past and past participle dwined)

(archaic, except in, Scotland and dialects) To wither, decline, pine away.

Anagrams

• Edwin, Wendi, indew, widen, winde, wined

Source: Wiktionary


Dwine, v. i. Etym: [See Dwindle.]

Definition: To waste away; to pine; to languish. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Gower.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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