Definition of wither

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Wither (v. t.) To cause to shrink, wrinkle, or decay, for want of animal moisture..

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Marcescent :: Marcescent (a.) Withering without/ falling off; fading; decaying.
Wither :: Wither (n.) To lose or want animal moisture; to waste; to pin/ away, as animal bodies..
Bromlife :: Bromlife (n.) A carbonate of baryta and lime, intermediate between witherite and strontianite; -- called also alstonite..
Welk :: Welk (v. i.) To wither; to fade; also, to decay; to decline; to wane..
Blight :: Blight (n.) The act of blighting, or the state of being blighted; a withering or mildewing, or a stoppage of growth in the whole or a part of a plant, etc..
Wallow :: Wallow (n.) To wither; to fade.
Withernam :: Withernam (n.) A second or reciprocal distress of other goods in lieu of goods which were taken by a first distress and have been eloigned; a taking by way of reprisal; -- chiefly used in the expression capias in withernam, which is the name of a writ used in connection with the action of replevin (sometimes called a writ of reprisal), which issues to a defendant in replevin when he has obtained judgment for a return of the chattels replevied, and fails to obtain them on the writ of return..
Apple-john :: Apple-john (n.) A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered; -- called also Johnapple.
Fade :: Fade (v. t.) To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away.
Withered :: Withered (imp. & p. p.) of Withe.
Virent :: Virent (a.) Green; not withered.
Blast :: Blast (v. t.) To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to stop or check the growth of, and prevent from fruit-bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to shrivel..
Wither-wrung :: Wither-wrung (a.) Injured or hurt in the withers, as a horse..
Cling :: Cling (v. t.) To make to dry up or wither.
Welter :: Welter (v. i.) To wither; to wilt.
Withered :: Withered (a.) Faded; dried up; shriveled; wilted; wasted; wasted away.
Withering :: Withering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Withe.
Blast :: Blast (v. i.) To be blighted or withered; as, the bud blasted in the blossom..
Sapless :: Sapless (a.) Fig.: Dry; old; husky; withered; spiritless.
Fade :: Fade (a.) To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant..
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