Definition of wither

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Wither (v. t.) To cause to languish, perish, or pass away; to blight; as, a reputation withered by calumny..

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Unparched :: Unparched (a.) Dried up; withered by heat.
Wanze :: Wanze (v. i.) To wane; to wither.
Apple-john :: Apple-john (n.) A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered; -- called also Johnapple.
Welew :: Welew (v. t.) To welk, or wither..
Virent :: Virent (a.) Green; not withered.
Weazen :: Weazen (a.) Thin; sharp; withered; wizened; as, a weazen face..
Bromlife :: Bromlife (n.) A carbonate of baryta and lime, intermediate between witherite and strontianite; -- called also alstonite..
Welk :: Welk (v. i.) To wither; to fade; also, to decay; to decline; to wane..
Withers :: Withers (prep.) The ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse, at the base of the neck. See Illust. of Horse..
Marcescent :: Marcescent (a.) Withering without/ falling off; fading; decaying.
Wilt :: Wilt (v. i.) To begin to wither; to lose freshness and become flaccid, as a plant when exposed when exposed to drought, or to great heat in a dry day, or when separated from its root; to droop;. to wither..
Winder :: Winder (v. i.) To wither; to fail.
Resuscitate :: Resuscitate (v. t.) To revivify; to revive; especially, to recover or restore from apparent death; as, to resuscitate a drowned person; to resuscitate withered plants..
Witherband :: Witherband (n.) A piece of iron in a saddle near a horse's withers, to strengthen the bow..
Fordry :: Fordry (a.) Entirely dry; withered.
Wallow :: Wallow (n.) To wither; to fade.
Cling :: Cling (v. t.) To make to dry up or wither.
Sere :: Sere (a.) [OE. seer, AS. sear (assumed) fr. searian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sor/n to to wither, Gr. ay`ein to parch, to dry, Skr. /ush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. �152. Cf. Austere, Sorrel, a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves..
Withering :: Withering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Withe.
Wither :: Wither (n.) To fade; to lose freshness; to become sapless; to become sapless; to dry or shrivel up.
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