REPINE

v. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To fail; to wane. [Obs.] "Reppening courage yields no foot to foe." Spenser.

2.
v.

To continue pining; to feel inward discontent which preys on the spirits; to indulge in envy or complaint; to murmur. But Lachesis thereat gan to repine. Spenser. What if the head, the eye, or ear repined To serve mere engines to the ruling mind Pope.

3.
n.

Vexation; mortification. [Obs.] Shak.

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