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wither
(encz) | wither,chřadnout v: PetrV |
wither
(encz) | wither,vadnout v: PetrV |
Wither
(gcide) | Wither \With"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Withered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Withering.] [OE. wideren; probably the same word as
wederen to weather (see Weather, v. & n.); or cf. G.
verwittern to decay, to be weather-beaten, Lith. vysti to
wither.]
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1. To fade; to lose freshness; to become sapless; to become
sapless; to dry or shrivel up.
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Shall he hot pull up the roots thereof, and cut off
the fruit thereof, that it wither? --Ezek. xvii.
9.
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2. To lose or want animal moisture; to waste; to pin? away,
as animal bodies.
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This is man, old, wrinkled, faded, withered. --Shak.
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There was a man which had his hand withered. --Matt.
xii. 10.
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Now warm in love, now with'ring in the grave.
--Dryden.
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3. To lose vigor or power; to languish; to pass away. "Names
that must not wither." --Byron.
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States thrive or wither as moons wax and wane.
--Cowper.
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Wither
(gcide) | Wither \With"er\, v. t.
1. To cause to fade, and become dry.
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The sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but
it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof
falleth. --James i. 11.
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2. To cause to shrink, wrinkle, or decay, for want of animal
moisture. "Age can not wither her." --Shak.
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Shot forth pernicious fire
Among the accursed, that withered all their
strength. --Milton.
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3. To cause to languish, perish, or pass away; to blight; as,
a reputation withered by calumny.
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The passions and the cares that wither life.
--Bryant.
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wither
(wn) | wither
v 1: wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and
shriveled" [syn: shrivel, shrivel up, shrink,
wither]
2: lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"
[syn: fade, wither] |
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withered
(mass) | withered
- vyschnutý |
withers
(mass) | withers
- kohútik |
fistulous withers
(encz) | fistulous withers, n: |
swither
(encz) | swither, n: |
wither
(encz) | wither,chřadnout v: PetrVwither,vadnout v: PetrV |
withered
(encz) | withered,zvadlý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
withering
(encz) | withering,vadnoucí adj: Zdeněk Brož |
witheringly
(encz) | witheringly, |
withers
(encz) | withers,kohoutek n: koně Pavel Machek |
witherspoon
(encz) | Witherspoon,Witherspoon n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
witherspoon
(czen) | Witherspoon,Witherspoonn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
Unwithered
(gcide) | Unwithered \Unwithered\
See withered. |
Unwithering
(gcide) | Unwithering \Unwithering\
See withering. |
Witherband
(gcide) | Witherband \With"er*band`\, n. [Withers + band.] (Far.)
A piece of iron in a saddle near a horse's withers, to
strengthen the bow.
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Withered
(gcide) | Wither \With"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Withered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Withering.] [OE. wideren; probably the same word as
wederen to weather (see Weather, v. & n.); or cf. G.
verwittern to decay, to be weather-beaten, Lith. vysti to
wither.]
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1. To fade; to lose freshness; to become sapless; to become
sapless; to dry or shrivel up.
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Shall he hot pull up the roots thereof, and cut off
the fruit thereof, that it wither? --Ezek. xvii.
9.
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2. To lose or want animal moisture; to waste; to pin? away,
as animal bodies.
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This is man, old, wrinkled, faded, withered. --Shak.
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There was a man which had his hand withered. --Matt.
xii. 10.
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Now warm in love, now with'ring in the grave.
--Dryden.
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3. To lose vigor or power; to languish; to pass away. "Names
that must not wither." --Byron.
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States thrive or wither as moons wax and wane.
--Cowper.
[1913 Webster]Withered \With"ered\, a.
Faded; dried up; shriveled; wilted; wasted; wasted away. --
With"ered*ness, n. --Bp. Hall.
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Witheredness
(gcide) | Withered \With"ered\, a.
Faded; dried up; shriveled; wilted; wasted; wasted away. --
With"ered*ness, n. --Bp. Hall.
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Withering
(gcide) | Wither \With"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Withered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Withering.] [OE. wideren; probably the same word as
wederen to weather (see Weather, v. & n.); or cf. G.
verwittern to decay, to be weather-beaten, Lith. vysti to
wither.]
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1. To fade; to lose freshness; to become sapless; to become
sapless; to dry or shrivel up.
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Shall he hot pull up the roots thereof, and cut off
the fruit thereof, that it wither? --Ezek. xvii.
9.
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2. To lose or want animal moisture; to waste; to pin? away,
as animal bodies.
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This is man, old, wrinkled, faded, withered. --Shak.
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There was a man which had his hand withered. --Matt.
xii. 10.
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Now warm in love, now with'ring in the grave.
--Dryden.
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3. To lose vigor or power; to languish; to pass away. "Names
that must not wither." --Byron.
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States thrive or wither as moons wax and wane.
--Cowper.
[1913 Webster]Withering \With"er*ing\, a.
Tending to wither; causing to shrink or fade. --
With"er*ing*ly, adv.
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Witheringly
(gcide) | Withering \With"er*ing\, a.
Tending to wither; causing to shrink or fade. --
With"er*ing*ly, adv.
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Witherite
(gcide) | Witherite \With"er*ite\, n. [So called after Dr. W. Withering.]
(Min.)
Barium carbonate occurring in white or gray six-sided twin
crystals, and also in columnar or granular masses.
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Witherling
(gcide) | Witherling \With"er*ling\, n. [Wither + -ling.]
A withered person; one who is decrepit. [Obs.] --Chapman.
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Withernam
(gcide) | Withernam \With"er*nam\, n. [AS. wi[eth]ern[=a]m; wi[eth]er
against + n[=a]m a seizure, fr. niman to take.] (Law)
A second or reciprocal distress of other goods in lieu of
goods which were taken by a first distress and have been
eloigned; a taking by way of reprisal; -- chiefly used in the
expression capias in withernam, which is the name of a writ
used in connection with the action of replevin (sometimes
called a writ of reprisal), which issues to a defendant in
replevin when he has obtained judgment for a return of the
chattels replevied, and fails to obtain them on the writ of
return. --Blackstone.
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Withe-rod
(gcide) | Withe-rod \Withe"-rod`\, n. (Bot.)
A North American shrub (Viburnum nudum) whose tough
osierlike shoots are sometimes used for binding sheaves.
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Withers
(gcide) | Withers \With"ers\, n. pl. [Properly, the parts which resist the
pull or strain in drawing a load; fr. OE. wither resistance,
AS. wi[eth]re, fr. wi[eth]er against; akin to G. widerrist
withers. See With, prep.]
The ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse, at the base
of the neck. See Illust. of Horse.
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Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
--Shak.
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Wither-wrung
(gcide) | Wither-wrung \With"er-wrung`\, a.
Injured or hurt in the withers, as a horse.
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fistulous withers
(wn) | fistulous withers
n 1: a chronic inflammation of the withers of a horse [syn:
fistulous withers, fistula] |
john witherspoon
(wn) | John Witherspoon
n 1: American Revolutionary leader and educator (born in
Scotland) who signed of the Declaration of Independence and
was president of the college that became Princeton
University (1723-1794) [syn: Witherspoon, {John
Witherspoon}] |
swither
(wn) | swither
n 1: agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a
stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams" [syn: fret, stew,
sweat, lather, swither] |
wither
(wn) | wither
v 1: wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and
shriveled" [syn: shrivel, shrivel up, shrink,
wither]
2: lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"
[syn: fade, wither] |
withered
(wn) | withered
adj 1: lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness;
"the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled
and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a
man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he
did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man
with frizzy grey hair" [syn: shriveled, shrivelled,
shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened]
2: (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture;
"dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere
vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings";
"withered vines" [syn: dried-up, sere, sear,
shriveled, shrivelled, withered] |
withering
(wn) | withering
adj 1: wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction;
"possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating
hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire" [syn:
annihilative, annihilating, devastating,
withering]
2: making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a
devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments
inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert [syn:
annihilating, devastating, withering]
n 1: any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of
use) [syn: atrophy, withering] |
witheringly
(wn) | witheringly
adv 1: in a withering manner; "guns fired witheringly at the
railroad cars" |
withers
(wn) | withers
n 1: the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of
various animals especially draft animals |
witherspoon
(wn) | Witherspoon
n 1: American Revolutionary leader and educator (born in
Scotland) who signed of the Declaration of Independence and
was president of the college that became Princeton
University (1723-1794) [syn: Witherspoon, {John
Witherspoon}] |
AVERIIS CAPTIS IN WITHERNAM
(bouvier) | AVERIIS CAPTIS IN WITHERNAM, Eng. law. The name of a writ which lies in
favor of a man whose cattle have been unlawfully taken by another, and
driven out of the county where they were taken, so that they cannot be
replevied.
2. This writ issues against the wrong doer to take his cattle to the
plaintiff's use. Reg. of Writs, 82.
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CAPIAS IN WITHERNAM
(bouvier) | CAPIAS IN WITHERNAM, practice. A writ issued after a return of elongata or
eloigned has been made to a writ of retorno habendo, commanding the sheriff
to take so many of the distrainer's goods by way of reprisal, as will equal
the goods mentioned in the retorno habendo. 2 Inst. 140; F. N. B. 68; and
see form in 2 Sell. Pr. 169.
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HOMINE CAPTO IN WITHERNAM
(bouvier) | HOMINE CAPTO IN WITHERNAM, Engl. law.. The name of a writ directed to the
sheriff, and commanding him to take one who has taken any bondsman, and
conveyed him out of the country, so that he cannot be replevied. Vide
Withernam; Thesaurus, Brev. 63.
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WITHERNAM
(bouvier) | WITHERNAM, practice. The name of a writ which issues on the return of
elongata to an alias or pluries writ of replevin, by which the sheriff is
commanded to take the defendant's own goods which may be found in his
bailiwick, and keep them safely, not to deliver them to the plaintiff until
such time as the defendant chooses to submit himself, and allow the
distress, and the whole of it, to be reprieved, and he is thereby further
commanded that he do return to the court in what manner he shall have
executed the writ. Hamm. N. P. 453; 2 Inst. 140; F. N. B. 68, 69; 19 Vin.
Ab. 7; 7 Com. Dig. 674; Grotius, 3, 2, 4, n. 1.
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