Languish

  • 111изнывать — ИЗНЫВАТЬ, несов. (сов. изныть). Употр. преим. в несов. Находиться в состоянии крайнего утомления, изнеможения под влиянием непривлекательных для человека обязанностей, событий, действий или приходить (прийти) в такое состояние; Син.: изнемогать,… …

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  • 112swelter — /ˈswɛltə / (say sweltuh) verb (i) 1. to suffer or languish with oppressive heat; perspire profusely from heat. –verb (t) 2. to oppress, or cause to languish, with heat. 3. Obsolete to exude like sweat, as venom. –noun 4. a sweltering condition.… …

  • 113relish — [16] Ultimately, relax [15], release [13], and relish are all the same word. They go back to Latin relaxāre ‘loosen’, a compound verb formed from the prefix re ‘back’ and laxāre, a derivative of laxus ‘loose’ (from which English gets languish… …

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  • 114pine away — verb lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief After her husband died, she just pined away • Syn: ↑waste, ↑languish • Derivationally related forms: ↑languisher (for: ↑languish), ↑was …

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  • 115dwine — ˈdwīn intransitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Middle English dwinen, from Old English dwīnan; akin to Middle Dutch dwīnen to disappear, languish, faint, Old Norse dvīna to dwindle or pine away, Old Irish dīth end, death, Armenian di corpse,… …

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  • 116Bill of pains and penalties — pain pain (p[=a]n), n. [OE. peine, F. peine, fr. L. poena, penalty, punishment, torment, pain; akin to Gr. poinh penalty. Cf. {Penal}, {Pine} to languish, {Punish}.] 1. Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment …

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  • 117Cure — Cure, v. i. 1. To pay heed; to care; to give attention. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. To restore health; to effect a cure. [1913 Webster] Whose smile and frown, like to Achilles spear, Is able with the change to kill and cure. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3.… …

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  • 118Die — Die, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Died}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dying}.] [OE. deyen, dien, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. deyja; akin to Dan. d[ o]e, Sw. d[ o], Goth. diwan (cf. Goth. afd?jan to harass), OFries. d?ia to kill, OS. doian to die, OHG. touwen, OSlav …

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  • 119Died — Die Die, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Died}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dying}.] [OE. deyen, dien, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. deyja; akin to Dan. d[ o]e, Sw. d[ o], Goth. diwan (cf. Goth. afd?jan to harass), OFries. d?ia to kill, OS. doian to die, OHG. touwen,… …

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  • 120Dwindle — Dwin dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dwindled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dwindling}.] [From OE. dwinen to languish, waste away, AS. dw[=i]nan; akin to LG. dwinen, D. dwijnen to vanish, Icel. dv[=i]na to cease, dwindle, Sw. tvina; of uncertain origin. The… …

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