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Webster 1828 Edition

Repining

REPI'NING

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1.

Fretting one's self; feeling discontent that preys on the spirits; complaining; murmuring.

2.

a. Disposed to murmur or complain; as a repining temper.

REPI'NING

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Noun.

The act of fretting or feeling discontent or of murmuring.