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Pine (?), n. [AS. pīn, L. poena penalty. See Pain.] Woe; torment; pain. [Obs.] “Pyne of hell.” Chaucer.
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Pine, v. i. 1. To suffer; to be afflicted. [Obs.]
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2. To languish; to lose flesh or wear away, under any distress or anexiety of mind; to droop; -- often used with away. “The roses wither and the lilies pine.” Tickell.
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3. To languish with desire; to waste away with longing for something; -- usually followed by for.
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For whom, and not for Tybalt, Juliet pined.
Shak.
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Syn. -- To languish; droop; flag; wither; decay.
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