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  • 101Withur — Recorded in the spellings of Wider, Wither, Withur, and Withers, this interesting name is medieval English. It has two possible origins, the first of which is from the Norse male personal name Vitharr , or the Old Danish form Withar . Composed of …

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  • 102fade — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. pale, dim, bleach, whiten; vanish, disappear; languish, wither, shrivel. See dimness, colorlessness, nonexistence, deterioration, disappearance, weakness, transientness, oblivion. II (Roget s IV) v …

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  • 103shrivel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. shrink, wrinkle, wizen, pucker; wither, sear. See contraction, fold. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. parch, dry up, shrink; see contract 1 , dry 1 , shrink 1 , wither . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v.… …

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  • 104u̯ei-2, u̯ei̯ǝ- : u̯ī̆- —     u̯ei 2, u̯ei̯ǝ : u̯ī̆     English meaning: to wither     Deutsche Übersetzung: “welken”     Note: extended u̯ī t and u̯ei s     Material: Lat. viēscō, ere “verwelken, verschrumpfen”, viētus “ wilted; faded, flaccid, withered, verschrumpft”;… …

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  • 105Sear — Sear, Sere Sere (s[=e]r), a. [OE. seer, AS. se[ a]r (assumed) fr. se[ a]rian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sor[=e]n to wither, Gr. a y ein to parch, to dry, Skr. [,c]ush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. [root]152.… …

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  • 106Sere — Sear Sear, Sere Sere (s[=e]r), a. [OE. seer, AS. se[ a]r (assumed) fr. se[ a]rian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sor[=e]n to wither, Gr. a y ein to parch, to dry, Skr. [,c]ush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry.… …

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