Category:Repine

Re*pine" (r-pn"), v. i. Etym: [pref. re- + pine to languish.]

1. To fail; to wane. [obs.] "reppening courage yields no foot to Foe." Spenser.

2. To continue pining; to feel inward discontent which preys on the Spirits; to indulge in envy or complaint; to murmur. But lachesis thereat gan to repine. Spenser. What if the head, the eye, or ear repined to serve mere engines to The ruling mind pope.

Repine Re*pine", n.

Defn: vexation; mortification. [obs.] Shak.