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[pahyn] 
verb, pined, pin⋅ing, noun –verb (used without object)
| 1. | to yearn deeply; suffer with longing; long painfully (often fol. by for): to pine for one's home and family. |
| 2. | to fail gradually in health or vitality from grief, regret, or longing (often fol. by away): Separated by their families, the lovers pined away. |
| 3. | Archaic. to be discontented; fret. |
–verb (used with object)
| 4. | Archaic. to suffer grief or regret over. |
–noun
| 5. | Archaic. painful longing. |
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| pine 2 (pīn) v. pined, pin·ing, pines v. intr.
To grieve or mourn for. n. Archaic Intense longing or grief. [Middle English pinen, from Old English pīnian, to cause to suffer, from *pīne, pain, from Vulgar Latin *pēna, penalty, variant of Latin poena, from Greek poinē; see kwei-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
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Pining
Pin"ing\, a. 1. Languishing; drooping; wasting away, as with longing. 2. Wasting; consuming. "The pining malady of France." --Shak.
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