FORPINE

Etymology

Verb

forpine (third-person singular simple present forpines, present participle forpining, simple past and past participle forpined)

(intransitive, obsolete) To pine away.

(transitive, archaic) To waste away through suffering or through torment.

Source: Wiktionary


For*pine", v. t.

Definition: To waste away completely by suffering or torment. [Archaic] "Pale as a forpined ghost." Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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