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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Pine \Pine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pining}.] [AS. p[c6]nan to torment, fr. p[c6]n torment. See 1st {Pine}, {Pain}, n. & v.] 1. To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Shak. That people that pyned him to death. --Piers Plowman. One is pined in prison, another tortured on the rack. --Bp. Hall. 2. To grieve or mourn for. [R.] --Milton. | |
