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Definition of Dwine
1. v. i. To waste away; to pine; to languish.
Definition of Dwine
1. Verb. (qualifier archaic except in Scotland and dialects) To wither, decline, pine away. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dwine
1. to pine or waste away [v DWINED, DWINING, DWINES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dwine
Literary usage of Dwine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Middle-English Dictionary: Containing Words Used by English Writers from by Francis Henry Stratmann (1891)
"30634. dweomer-l&e, sb., magic play, LAJ. 270 ; prov.Eng. dwine ... 578 ;
dwine (pple.) ORF. 259 ; error, o. ..."
2. Letters of Lydia Maria Child by Lydia Maria Francis Child, John Greenleaf Whittier, Wendell Phillips (1882)
"You send for doctor to cut de bite ; but snake he rolled up dar, and while doctor
dwine it, he bite you agin. De doctor cut out dat bite ; but while he ..."
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