dwine

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1 English
2 Scots

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old English dwīnan, from Proto-Germanic *dwīnanan.

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /dwaɪn/

[edit] Verb

dwine (third-person singular simple present dwines, present participle dwining, simple past and past participle dwined)

(archaic except in Scotland and dialects) To wither, decline, pine away.

[edit] Anagrams

[edit] Scots

[edit] Alternative forms

dwyne

[edit] Etymology

Old English dwīnan, from Proto-Germanic *dwīnanan.

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /dwəin/

[edit] Verb

tae dwine (third-person singular simple present dwines, present participle dwinin, simple past dwinet, past participle dwinet)

to waste away, wither, decline

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