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Webster 1913 Edition

Wilt

Wilt

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Wilt

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Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Wilting
.]
[Written also
welt
, a modification of
welk
.]
To begin to wither; to lose freshness and become flaccid, as a plant when exposed when exposed to drought, or to great heat in a dry day, or when separated from its root; to droop;. to wither.
[Prov. Eng. & U. S.]

Wilt

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To cause to begin to wither; to make flaccid, as a green plant.
[Prov. Eng. U. S.]
2.
Hence, to cause to languish; to depress or destroy the vigor and energy of.
[Prov. Eng. & U. S.]
Despots have
wilted
the human race into sloth and imbecility.
Dr. T. Dwight.

Webster 1828 Edition

Wilt

WILT

,
Verb.
I.
[G., to fade; that is, to shrink or withdraw.] To begin to wither; to lose freshness and become flaccid, as a plant when exposed to great heat in a dry day, or when first separated from its root. This is a legitimate word, for which there is no substitute in the language. It is not synonymous with wither, as it expresses only the beginning of withering. A wilted plant often revives and becomes fresh; not so a withered plant.

WILT

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To cause to begin to wither; to make flaccid; as a green plant.
2.
To cause to languish; to depress or destroy the vigor and energy of.
Despots have wilted the human race into sloth and imbecility.

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