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re⋅pine

  [ri-pahyn]
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–verb (used without object), -pined, -pin⋅ing.
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
Origin:
1520–30; re- + pine 2

Related forms:
re⋅pin⋅er, noun
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re·pine   (rĭ-pīn')   
intr.v.   re·pined, re·pin·ing, re·pines

  1. To be discontented or low in spirits; complain or fret.

  2. To yearn after something: Immigrants who repined for their homeland.


[Middle English repinen, to be aggrieved : re-, re- + pinen, to yearn; see pine2.]
re·pin'er n.
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Word Origin & History

repine 
1449, probably from re-, intensive prefix, + pine (v.) "yearn."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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