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wither
1[ with-er ]
Wither
2[ with-er ]
noun
- George, 1588–1667, English poet and pamphleteer.
wither
/ ˈwɪðə /
verb
- intr (esp of a plant) to droop, wilt, or shrivel up
- introften foll byaway to fade or waste
all hope withered away
- intr to decay, decline, or disintegrate
- tr to cause to wilt, fade, or lose vitality
- tr to abash, esp with a scornful look
- tr to harm or damage
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Derived Forms
- ˈwithered, adjective
- ˈwitheringly, adverb
- ˈwithering, adjective
- ˈwitherer, noun
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Other Words From
- withered·ness noun
- wither·er noun
- wither·ing·ly adverb
- non·wither·ing adjective
- over·withered adjective
- un·withered adjective
- un·wither·ing adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wither1
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Example Sentences
Why this reluctant partnership might be best left to wither.
But as time goes by, Chloe falls ill and begins to wither away.
Will he, like Khal Drogo before him, wither away from an infected wound?
Three words and you were on the floor because their breath would wither your face.
And second, the right-wing political class, operatives and people at think tanks, who want the welfare state to wither away.
How long shall the land mourn, and the herb of every field wither for the wickedness of them that dwell therein?
In those glooms the sinews of mental energy wither with dying hope.
Then I shall wither in single blessedness; I shall be unhappily not married instead of unhappily married.
Never let another child strike the boy, for that child would at once wither and die.
Should I leave this incomparable flower to wither unseen on these rough mountains?
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