SHRIVEL

v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form corrugations; as, a leaf shriveles in the hot sun; the skin shrivels with age; -- often with up.

2.
v.

To cause to shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto corruptions.


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