WITHER, verb intransitive 1. To fade; to lose its native freshness; to become sapless; to dry. It shall wither in all the leaves of her spring. Ezekiel 17:9. 2. To waste; to pine away; as animal bodies; as a withered hand. Matthew 12:10. 3. To lose or want animal moisture. Now warm in love, now withring in the grave. WITHER, verb transitive 1. To cause to fade and become dry; as, the sun withereth the grass. James 1:11. 2. To cause to shrink, wrinkle and decay, for want of animal moisture. Age cannot wither her.
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