About The Word Repine
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Repine
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What's The Definition Of Repine?
[v] express discontent
Synonyms | Synonyms for Repine: Related Terms | Find terms related to Repine: See Also | complain | kick | kvetch | plain | quetch | sound off Repine In Webster's Dictionary \Re*pine"\ (r?-p?n"), v. i. [Pref. re- + pine to
languish.]
1. To fail; to wane. [Obs.] ``Reppening courage yields no
foot to foe.'' --Spenser.
2. To continue pining; to feel inward discontent which preys
on the spirits; to indulge in envy or complaint; to
murmur.
But Lachesis thereat gan to repine. --Spenser.
What if the head, the eye, or ear repined To serve
mere engines to the ruling mind? --Pope.
\Re*pine"\, n. Vexation; mortification. [Obs.] --Shak. |
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