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Wither   /wˈɪðər/   Listen
Wither

verb
(past & past part. withered; pres. part. withering)
1.
Wither, as with a loss of moisture.  Synonyms: shrink, shrivel, shrivel up.
2.
Lose freshness, vigor, or vitality.  Synonym: fade.



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"Wither" Quotes from Famous Books



... and will destroy it, Touch me not yet! Almighty Purity, Dread Essence Increate; Behold concentrate, in this wicked form, The universal spirit of iniquity. Come quickly in thy majesty, O Lord! Wither him here within the awful flame Of Thy bright Holiness! Shrivel his frame Into an atom, and blow the lifeless dust Beyond the farthest star. And, if in his destruction my soul should share Through close proximity, spare not! ...
— The Scarlet Stigma - A Drama in Four Acts • James Edgar Smith

... Sire, To down this dynasty, set that one up, Goad panting peoples to the throes thereof, Make wither here my fruit, maintain it there, And hold me travailling through fineless years In vain and objectless monotony, When all such tedious conjuring could be shunned By uncreation? Howsoever wise The governance of these massed mortalities, ...
— The Dynasts - An Epic-Drama Of The War With Napoleon, In Three Parts, - Nineteen Acts, And One Hundred And Thirty Scenes • Thomas Hardy

... door thyself, if thou art afraid my breath will wither thy frail flower," Ahmara sneered. "Tell her to escape quickly into the shadows of the oasis, for the master will not care to lose his dignity in hunting her. As for thee, thou canst run to guard her from harm, as thou hast done before when she wandered, ...
— A Soldier of the Legion • C. N. Williamson

... nor fig tree neither, Its wonted fruit should bear; Though all the field should wither, Nor flocks, nor herds be there: Yet God the same abiding, His praise shall tune my voice; For while in him confiding, I ...
— Hymns for Christian Devotion - Especially Adapted to the Universalist Denomination • J.G. Adams

... pestiferous atmosphere which surrounded Russian-Jewish life at that time could do no more than produce these poisonous growths of "religious reform." For the wholesome seeds of such a reform were bound to wither after the collapse of the ideals which had served as a lode star ...
— History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II • S.M. Dubnow


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