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WordNet 2.0 |
- express discontent |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
1. To fail; to wane. [Obs.] "Reppening courage yields no foot to foe." Spenser. 2. 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. |
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1. Vexation; mortification. [Obs.] Shak. |
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