WITHER, v.i. 1. To fade; to lose its native freshness; to become sapless; to dry.It shall wither in all the leaves of her spring. Ezekiel 17.2. To waste; to pine away; as animal bodies; as a withered hand. Matthew 12.3. To lose or want animal moisture.Now warm in love, now withring in the grave.WITHER, v.t. 1. To cause to fade and become dry; as, the sun withereth the grass. James 1.2. To cause to shrink, wrinkle and decay, for want of animal moisture.Age cannot wither her.
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