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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
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