wither

  • 1wither — wither, shrivel, wizen mean to lose or cause to lose freshness and smoothness of appearance. Wither implies a loss of vital moisture (as sap or body fluids) with consequent fading or drying up and ultimate decay or death {withered leaves}… …

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  • 2Wither — est un super héros mutant appartenant à l’univers de Marvel Comics. Il est apparu pour la première fois dans New Mutants vol.2 #3, en 2003. Origines Le jeune Kevin Ford développa un pouvoir mortel à la puberté, tuant son père par accident. Il… …

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  • 3Wither — With er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Withered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Withering}.] [OE. wideren; probably the same word as wederen to weather (see {Weather}, v. & n.); or cf. G. verwittern to decay, to be weather beaten, Lith. vysti to wither.] [1913… …

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  • 4Wither — With er, v. t. 1. To cause to fade, and become dry. [1913 Webster] The sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth. James i. 11. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause to shrink, wrinkle, or decay,… …

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  • 5wither — [with′ər] vi. [ME widren, var. of wederen, lit., to weather, expose to the weather < weder, WEATHER] 1. to dry up, as from great heat; shrivel; wilt: said esp. of plants 2. to lose vigor or freshness; become wasted or decayed 3. to weaken;… …

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  • 6wither — index decay, decline (fall), degenerate, diminish, languish, perish Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton …

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  • 7Wither —   [ wɪȓə], George, englischer Dichter, * Bentworth (County Hampshire) 11. 6. 1588, ✝ London 2. 5. 1667; schrieb pastorale, didaktische und satirische Lyrik. Ein gegen den Königshof gerichtetes spöttisches Gedicht (»Abuses stript and whipt«, 1613) …

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  • 8wither — 1530s, alteration of M.E. wydderen dry up, shrivel (c.1300), apparently a differentiated and special use of wederen to expose to weather (see WEATHER (Cf. weather)). Cf. Ger. verwittern to become weather beaten, from Witter weather …

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  • 9wither — [v] droop, decline atrophy, become stale, blast, blight, collapse, constrict, contract, decay, deflate, desiccate, deteriorate, die, disintegrate, dry, dry up, fade, fold, languish, perish, shrink, shrivel, wane, waste, waste away, wilt, wizen;… …

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  • 10wither — ► VERB 1) (of a plant) become dry and shrivelled. 2) become shrunken or wrinkled from age or disease. 3) fall into decay or decline. 4) (withering) scornful. DERIVATIVES witheringly adverb. ORIGIN …

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