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Repine

Repine Meaning & Definition
Repine Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Repine?

[v] express discontent

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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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