Definition of wither

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Wither (n.) To lose vigor or power; to languish; to pass away.

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Immortelle :: Immortelle (n.) A plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering involucre, as the species of Antennaria, Helichrysum, Gomphrena, etc. See Everlasting..
Blight :: Blight (n.) That which frustrates one's plans or withers one's hopes; that which impairs or destroys.
Marcescent :: Marcescent (a.) Withering without/ falling off; fading; decaying.
Wizen-faced :: Wizen-faced (a.) Having a shriveled, thin, withered face..
Evergreen :: Evergreen (a.) Remaining unwithered through the winter, or retaining unwithered leaves until the leaves of the next year are expanded, as pines cedars, hemlocks, and the like..
Wither :: Wither (n.) To fade; to lose freshness; to become sapless; to become sapless; to dry or shrivel up.
Sere :: Sere (a.) Dry; withered. Same as Sear.
Bromlife :: Bromlife (n.) A carbonate of baryta and lime, intermediate between witherite and strontianite; -- called also alstonite..
Withers :: Withers (prep.) The ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse, at the base of the neck. See Illust. of Horse..
Wither :: Wither (n.) To lose vigor or power; to languish; to pass away.
Withered :: Withered (a.) Faded; dried up; shriveled; wilted; wasted; wasted away.
Tabescent :: Tabescent (a.) Withering, or wasting away..
Wanze :: Wanze (v. i.) To wane; to wither.
Mummified :: Mummified (a.) Converted into a mummy or a mummylike substance; having the appearance of a mummy; withered.
Languish :: Languish (v. i.) To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to wither or fade..
Fade :: Fade (a.) To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant..
Wilt :: Wilt (v. i.) To begin to wither; to lose freshness and become flaccid, as a plant when exposed when exposed to drought, or to great heat in a dry day, or when separated from its root; to droop;. to wither..
Sere :: Sere (a.) [OE. seer, AS. sear (assumed) fr. searian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sor/n to to wither, Gr. ay`ein to parch, to dry, Skr. /ush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. Ã152. Cf. Austere, Sorrel, a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves..
Benty :: Benty (a.) A bounding in bents, or the stalks of coarse, stiff, withered grass; as, benty fields..
Welew :: Welew (v. t.) To welk, or wither..
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