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ennyson. I saw him ten days before he died, and observed he began very much to droop and languish. Swift.

To waste away; to pine; to languish. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Gower.

The state of dying or the stimulation of such a state; extreme languor; languishment. [R.] Tenderness becomes me best, a sort of dyingness; you see that picture, Foible, -- a swimmingness in the eyes; yes, I'll look so. Congreve.

To sink; to languish; to become feeble or faint; as, our spirits rise and fall with our fortunes.

To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag; the streugth flags. The pleasures of the town begin to flag. Swift.

To affect with frenzy; to drive to madness [R.] "Frenzying anguish." Southey.

To grind or strike the teeth together. There they him laid, Gnashing for anguish, and despite, and shame. Milton.

grain moth, above. -- In grain, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate; genuine. "Anguish in grain." Herbert.-- To dye in grain, to dye of a fast color by means of the coccus or kermes grain [see Grain, n., 5]; hence, to dye firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material. See under Dye. The red roses…

Sorrow; anguish of mind; mental pang. Shak.

Causing intense grief; overpowering with anguish; very distressing.

ishment for the wicked after death; the abode of evil spirits. Hence, any mental torment; anguish. "Within him hell." Milton. It is a knell That summons thee to heaven or to hell. Shak.

A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.

st insensible pricks were found upon Cleopatra's arm. Sir T. Browne. They fall away, And languish with insensible decay. Dryden.

dingly strong; as, intense passion or hate. (d) Very severe; violent; as, intense pain or anguish. (e) Deep; strong; brilliant; as, intense color or light. In this intense seclusion of the forest. Hawthorne.

In a languishing manner; pathetically.

To languish. [Obs.] Chaucer.

protracted; as, a lingering disease. To die is the fate of man; but to die with lingering anguish is generally his folly. Rambler.

Languishing with love or amorous desire; as, a love-sick maid. To the dear mistress of my love-sick mind. Dryden.

" Lukewarm blood." Spenser. " Lukewarm patriots." Addison. An obedience so lukewarm and languishing that it merits not the name of passion. Dryden. -- Luce"warm`ly, adv. -- Luce"warm`ness, n.

etc.; as, movers of sedition. These most poisonous compounds, Which are the movers of a languishing death. Shak.