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Wilt
Definitions
- 1 A surname.
- 1 The act of wilting or the state of being wilted. countable, uncountable
- 2 causing to become limp or drooping wordnet
- 3 Any of various plant diseases characterized by wilting. countable, uncountable
- 4 any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling; usually caused by parasites attacking the roots wordnet
- 1 To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower). intransitive
- 2 second-person singular simple present indicative of will archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
"'Oh, my love, my love!' she murmured, 'wilt thou ever know how I have loved thee?' and she kissed him on the forehead, and then went and stood in the pathway of the flame of Life."
- 3 become limp wordnet
- 4 To fatigue; to lose strength; to flag. intransitive
"Not only were Jupp Heynckes' team pacey in attack but they were relentless in their pursuit of the ball once they had lost it, and as the game wore on they merely increased their dominance as City wilted in the Allianz Arena."
- 5 lose strength wordnet
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- 6 To cause to droop or become limp and flaccid (as a flower). transitive
"Peer pressure on both partners, even from within the lesbian community, can help to wilt a budding intergenerational romance."
- 7 To cause to fatigue; to exhaust. transitive
Etymology
Recorded since 1691, probably an alteration of welk, itself from Middle English welken, presumed from Middle Dutch (preserved in modern inchoative verwelken) or Middle Low German welken (“to wither”), cognate with Old High German irwelhen (“to become soft”).
Recorded since 1691, probably an alteration of welk, itself from Middle English welken, presumed from Middle Dutch (preserved in modern inchoative verwelken) or Middle Low German welken (“to wither”), cognate with Old High German irwelhen (“to become soft”).
From Middle English wilt, from Old English wilt, from Proto-West Germanic *wilt, second person singular preterite-present of Proto-West Germanic *willjan. Cognate with Dutch wilt (“wilt”, second-person singular of willen), German willt (archaic second person singular indicative of wollen).
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