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Webster 1913 Edition
Repine
Re-pine′
(r?-p?n′)
, Verb.
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
To serve mere engines to the ruling mind?
repined
To serve mere engines to the ruling mind?
Pope.
Re-pine′
,Noun.
Vexation; mortification.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Repine
REPI'NE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To fret one's self; to be discontented; to feel inward discontent which preys on the spirits; with at or against. It is our duty never to repine at the allotments of Providence.2.
To complain discontentedly; to murmur.Multitudes repine at the want of that which nothing but idleness hinders them from enjoying.
3.
To envy.Definition 2024
repine
repine
English
Alternative forms
- repyne [16th century]
Verb
repine (third-person singular simple present repines, present participle repining, simple past and past participle repined)
- (intransitive, now literary) To regret; to complain. [from 15th century]
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.3.6:
- But many times we complain, repine, and mutter without a cause, we give way to passions we may resist and will not.
- Alexander Pope
- What if the head, the eye, or ear repined / To serve mere engines to the ruling mind?
- 1958, John W. Peterson, Night of Miracles:
- no more need men on earth repine
- 1988, Anthony Burgess, Any Old Iron:
- Beatrix invited me no more to tea but I did not greatly repine.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.3.6:
- To fail; to wane.
- Spenser
- Repining courage yields no foot to foe.
- Spenser
Translations
References
- “†reˈpine, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
- “repine, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
- “repine, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [3rd ed., December 2009]
- “repine, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [3rd ed., December 2009]