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Wilt   /wɪlt/   Listen
verb
Wilt  v. t.  
1.
To cause to begin to wither; to make flaccid, as a green plant. (Prov. Eng. U. S.)
2.
Hence, to cause to languish; to depress or destroy the vigor and energy of. (Prov. Eng. & U. S.) "Despots have wilted the human race into sloth and imbecility."



Wilt  v. i.  (past & past part. wilting)  To begin to wither; to lose freshness and become flaccid, as a plant when exposed when exposed to drought, or to great heat in a dry day, or when separated from its root; to droop;. to wither. (Prov. Eng. & U. S.)



Wilt  v.  2d pers. sing. of Will.






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"Wilt" Quotes from Famous Books



... features of this deserted innocent, trace the resemblance of the wretched Caroline,-should its face bear the marks of its birth, and revive in thy memory the image of its mother, wilt thou not, Belmont, wilt thou not therefore renounce it?-Oh, babe of my fondest affection! for whom already I experience all the tenderness of maternal pity! look not like thy unfortunate mother,-lest the parent, whom the hand ...
— Evelina • Fanny Burney

... Hogue, he descried the coast of France. Immediately he saluted it; and, stretching out his hands toward the shore, exclaimed with a voice of deep emotion: "Adieu, land of the brave! adieu, dear France! a few traitors less, and thou wilt still be the great nation, and ...
— Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II • Pierre Antoine Edouard Fleury de Chaboulon

... a secret of thine own Which I desire. But once I broke with thee And walked among the asphodel alone: Therefore thou wilt reserve this reverie, Like sumptuous flame closed up in alabaster. They half betray, these curious magian hands: Faint music of thy breast has throbbed the faster, If I have touched it with my charming-wands. And yet,—the wonder any woman knows Thou dost deny ...
— The Hours of Fiammetta - A Sonnet Sequence • Rachel Annand Taylor

... Helen of the fair girdle; and he saw her eyes filled with tears, and pure sorrow upon her face; and he held up his arms to her, crying, "O my dear one, wilt thou not come back to me?" She could not speak for crying; but nodded her head often between her ...
— The Ruinous Face • Maurice Hewlett

... said the accused, and ever with an unwavering tone, "look further at those weapons, which, if a guilty man, I have weakly placed within thy power. Thou wilt find more there to wonder at, than a few straggling hairs, that the spinner would cast from her ...
— The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish • James Fenimore Cooper


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