languish
verb (used without object)
to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
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I will be restless and turbulent in my territories: and again, I will be languishing and fond.
From The Purple Cloud by M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel