Repine Definition

rĭ-pīn
repined, repines, repining
verb
To feel or express unhappiness or discontent; complain; fret.
Webster's New World
To yearn after something.
Immigrants who repined for their homeland.
American Heritage

(intransitive, now literary) To regret; to complain. [from 15th century]

Wiktionary
To fail; to wane.
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Origin of Repine

  • Believed to have been formed (with uncertainty, due to the unusual formation) as re- +"Ž pine, with the verb (first attested in 1529) giving rise to the noun (first attested in 1593); compare the Middle English verb repinen, which may be related.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English repinen to be aggrieved re- re- pinen to yearn pine2

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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RREREP

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ENEINE

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Words Starting With R and Ending With E

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With R6 Letter Words Ending With E