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Shrivel up like royal consort?
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wither
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wither \With"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Withered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Withering .] [OE. wideren; probably the same word as wederen to weather (see Weather , v. & n.); or cf. G. verwittern to decay, to be weather-beaten, Lith. vysti to wither.] To fade; to lose ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Wither ( Kevin Ford ) is a fictional character , a mutant appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics . He has been a member of the student body at the Xavier Institute , a member of the Hellions training squad, and a supervillain as a part of Selene ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a plant withers (= becomes drier and starts to die ) withering contempt (= that makes you feel very inferior ) ▪ She treated some of her staff with withering contempt. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB away ▪ For modern ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1530s, alteration of Middle English wydderen "dry up, shrivel" (late 14c.), intransitive, apparently a differentiated and special use of wederen "to expose to weather" (see weather (v.)). Compare German verwittern "to become weather-beaten," from Witter ...
Usage examples of wither.
She tapped her toe impatiently, wondering why Duncan persisted in talking about old and withered Eglantine when she, ripe and lovely Alienor, was directly before him.
When I began asking, a little wildly, what they had found beyond the anomaly, his withered hand lifted impatiently to cut me off.
Perhaps we shall all die in Arneis, and the name of Clan Wattel will wither and go out like a lamp that has finally run out of fuel.
Over him, a dagger in his withered hand--yes, about to strike, in the very act--stood the old Shaman, and on the floor hard by, gazing upward with wide-set eyes, dead and still majestic in her death, lay Atene, Khania of Kaloon.
I could feel myself sinking, too weak, vitality atrophied, strengths withered.
Contemplating the ruin the Quman had made of Avaria, he looked as frail as a withered stick blown about in storm winds.
The tortured beholder lay dead on the floor, its great eye staring emptily up at its withered eyestalks.
As it withers, the many-pointed leaf of the white bryony and the bine as it shrivels, in like manner, do their part.
Mr Boffin, who hear it, rejoiced within himself, comforting himself with the reflection that his withers were unwrung, and thinking with what pleasure he might carry the anecdote into the farthest corners of the clubs.
Ranool had fastened the withered but conveniently stiff bogman to a permanent sitting position on the bar stool nearest the door.
At that moment Crim and Ladar opened up a sudden, withering crossfire, and men and horses went down in a bloody mess in the clearing.
Much of the history of cryptology of this time is a patchwork, a crazy quilt of unrelated items, sprouting, flourishing, withering.
One day, thinking she heard Mr Cupples come upstairs, she ran down with a smile on her face, which fell off it like a withered leaf when she saw no one there but Robert the student.
It was deserted, the boma surrounding it a withered tracery of thorn, thinned out by wind and sand so that it looked like dannert wire.
The preteen Desdaine triplets, Withering, Scornful, and Derisive, whooped in delight.