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Webster 1913 Edition

Wither

With′er

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Withered
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Withering
.]
[OE.
wideren
; probably the same word as
wederen
to weather (see
Weather
,
Verb.
&
Noun.
); or cf. G.
verwittern
to decay, to be weather-beaten, Lith.
vysti
to wither.]
1.
To fade; to lose freshness; to become sapless; to become sapless; to dry or shrivel up.
Shall he hot pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it
wither
?
Ezek. xvii. 9.
2.
To lose or want animal moisture; to waste; to pin[GREEK] away, as animal bodies.
This is man, old, wrinkled, faded,
withered
.
Shakespeare
There was a man which had his hand
withered
.
Matt. xii. 10.
Now warm in love, now
with’ring
in the grave.
Dryden.
3.
To lose vigor or power; to languish; to pass away.
“Names that must not wither.”
Byron.
States thrive or
wither
as moons wax and wane.
Cowper.

With′er

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To cause to fade, and become dry.
The sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it
withereth
the grass, and the flower thereof falleth.
James i. 11.
2.
To cause to shrink, wrinkle, or decay, for want of animal moisture.
“Age can not
wither
her.”
Shak.
Shot forth pernicious fire
Among the accursed, that
withered
all their strength.
Milton.
3.
To cause to languish, perish, or pass away; to blight;
as, a reputation
withered
by calumny
.
The passions and the cares that
wither
life.
Bryant.

Webster 1828 Edition

Wither

WITHER

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To fade; to lose its native freshness; to become sapless; to dry.
It shall wither in all the leaves of her spring. Ezekiel 17.
2.
To waste; to pine away; as animal bodies; as a withered hand. Matthew 12.
3.
To lose or want animal moisture.
Now warm in love, now withring in the grave.

WITHER

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To cause to fade and become dry; as, the sun withereth the grass. James 1.
2.
To cause to shrink, wrinkle and decay, for want of animal moisture.
Age cannot wither her.

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