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pine (iou)



pine verb.
[Old English pinian corresp. to Middle Low German, Middle Dutch pinen (Dutch pijnen), Old High German pinon (German peinen), Old Norse pina: rel. to PINE noun1.]
verb trans. & (rare) intrans. (Cause to) suffer; (cause to) experience pain or distress. Cf. PAIN verb 2, 3a. Long obsolete exc. Scot. OE.
verb trans. Put to work; exert (oneself). Long obsolete exc. Scot. ME.
verb trans. Exhaust or waste with physical or emotional suffering, esp. hunger, disease, or grief; starve; wear out. Also foll. by away, out. Now rare exc. dial. ME.
verb intrans. Become exhausted or wasted from physical or emotional suffering, esp. hunger, disease, or grief; languish. LME.
S. Johnson You must get a place, or pine in penury.
b. transf. Of a thing: lose vigour or intensity; decrease. E18.
a. verb trans. Dry or cure (fish) by exposure to the weather. Now Scot. dial. M16.
b. verb intrans. Of fish: shrink in the process of curing. rare. L17.
verb intrans. Yearn; have an intense longing; languish with desire. Foll. by after, for, to do. L16.
E. Waugh I feel you will pine for cosmopolitan dishes. S. Rushdie She pines for her late mother. S. Chitty She pined to be Rodin's wife. E. Pawel The prisoner pining away for his freedom.
verb trans. & intrans. Lament or repine at (a loss etc.). arch. M17.
Times We pine the passing of..red telephone kiosks.
pining noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) a wasting disease of sheep: OE.