REPINE

repine

(verb) express discontent

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

repine (third-person singular simple present repines, present participle repining, simple past and past participle repined)

(transitive) To fail; to wane.

(intransitive, now, literary) To complain; to regret. [from early 16th c.]

Anagrams

• Priene, perine

Source: Wiktionary

Re*pine" (r-pn"), v. i. Etym: [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.

Re*pine", n.

Definition: Vexation; mortification. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition