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Webster 1913 Edition

Shrivel

Shriv′el

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Shriveled
or
Shrivelled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Shriveling
or
Shrivelling
.]
[Probably akin to
shrimp
,
shrink
; cf. dial. AS.
screpa
to pine away, Norw.
skrypa
to waste,
skryp
,
skryv
, transitory, frail, Sw.
skröpling
feeble, Dan.
skröbelig
, Icel.
skrj[GREEK]pr
brittle, frail.]
To draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form corrugations;
as, a leaf
shriveles
in the hot sun; the skin
shrivels
with age
; – often with up.

Shriv′el

,
Verb.
T.
To cause to shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto corruptions.

Webster 1828 Edition

Shrivel

SHRIVEL

,
Verb.
I.
shriv'l. [from the root of rivel.] To comtract; to draw or be drawn into wrinkles; to shrink and form corrugations; as, a leaf shrivels in the hot sun; the skin shrivels with age.

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