repine
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repine
- /ɹɪˈpaɪn/ UK
- /ɹɪˈpaɪn/ US
- /ɹə-/ US
Rhymes with -aɪn
Where it comes from
Believed to have been formed (with uncertainty, due to the unusual formation) as re- + pine, with the verb giving rise to the noun (first attested in 1529 and 1593 respectively); compare the Middle English verb repinen (“(uncertain) to cause trouble to someone, grieve”) (from pīnen (“to cause pain, grieve, hurt, trouble; to starve, pine; to torment, torture”), from Old English pīnian), which may be related.
verb repines · repining · repined · repine
- To complain; to regret; to fret. [VV]e are able with playne demonſtration to proue, and vvith reaſon to perſvvade that in tymes paſt our fayth vvas alike, that then vve preached thinges correſpondent vnto the forme of faith already published of vs, ſo that none in this behalfe can repyne or gaynesay vs.
- To long for (something) discontentedly; to pine. Theſe ears, alas! for other notes repine, / A different object do theſe eyes require.
noun repines
- A repining. Whose beams upon his hairless face are fix’d / As if from thence they borrowed all their shine. / Were never four such lamps together mix’d, / Had not his clouded with his brow’s repine; […]
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verb to complain, regret
| Português | lamentar-se, reclamar |
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title = {repine},
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