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with⋅er
[with
-er] 
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine. |
| 2. | to lose the freshness of youth, as from age (often fol. by away). |
–verb (used with object)
| 3. | to make flaccid, shrunken, or dry, as from loss of moisture; cause to lose freshness, bloom, vigor, etc.: The drought withered the buds. |
| 4. | to affect harmfully: Reputations were withered by the scandal. |
| 5. | to abash, as by a scathing glance: a look that withered him. |
Related forms:
with⋅ered⋅ness, noun
with⋅er⋅er, noun
with⋅er⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
Synonyms:
1. wrinkle, shrink, dry, decline, languish, droop, waste. Wither, shrivel imply a shrinking, wilting, and wrinkling. Wither (of plants and flowers) is to dry up, shrink, wilt, fade, whether as a natural process or as the result of exposure to excessive heat or drought: Plants withered in the hot sun. Shrivel, used of thin, flat objects and substances, such as leaves, the skin, etc., means to curl, roll up, become wrinkled: The leaves shrivel in cold weather. Paper shrivels in fire. 5. humiliate, shame.
1. wrinkle, shrink, dry, decline, languish, droop, waste. Wither, shrivel imply a shrinking, wilting, and wrinkling. Wither (of plants and flowers) is to dry up, shrink, wilt, fade, whether as a natural process or as the result of exposure to excessive heat or drought: Plants withered in the hot sun. Shrivel, used of thin, flat objects and substances, such as leaves, the skin, etc., means to curl, roll up, become wrinkled: The leaves shrivel in cold weather. Paper shrivels in fire. 5. humiliate, shame.
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| with·er (wĭth'ər) v. with·ered, with·er·ing, with·ers v. intr.
[Alteration of Middle English widderen, perhaps variant of wederen, to weather, from weder, weather; see weather.] |
| with·ered (wĭth'ərd) adj. Shriveled, shrunken, or faded from or as if from loss of moisture or sustenance: "the battle to keep his withered dreams intact" (Time). |
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Withered
With"ered\, a. Faded; dried up; shriveled; wilted; wasted; wasted away. -- With"ered*ness, n. --Bp. Hall.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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