Definition of Wither

With´er
v. i.1.
[imp. & p. p. Withered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Withering.]
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 away, as animal bodies.
This is man, old, wrinkled, faded, withered.
- Shak.
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.
States thrive or wither as moons wax and wane.
- Cowper.
v. 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.
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.


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