Forpine

//fə(ɹ)ˈpaɪn// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To pine away. intransitive, obsolete

    "But, through long anguish and selfe-murd'ring He was so wasted and forpined quight"

  2. 2
    To waste away through suffering or through torment. archaic, transitive

    "[…] While to my sight thy giant stature rears Its bulk forpined upon these savage rocks In shameful bonds the linked adamant locks."

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"But, through long anguish and selfe-murd'ring He was so wasted and forpined quight"

Etymology

From Middle English forpinen, equivalent to for- + pine. Cognate with Middle Low German vorpinen (“to forpine”).

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