REPINED

Verb

repined

simple past tense and past participle of repine

Anagrams

• Dnieper, pederin, red pine, ripened

Source: Wiktionary


REPINE

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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