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with|er
with|er «WIHTH uhr», intransitive verb, transitive verb.
1. to lose or cause to lose freshness, vigor, or other lively quality; make or become dry and lifeless; dry up; fade; shrivel: »

The hot sun withers grass (v.t.). Flowers wither after they are cut (v.i.). Old age had withered her face (v.t.).

2. Figurative. to feel or cause to feel ashamed or confused: »

to wither at the thought of a public rebuke (v.i.). She blushed under her aunt's withering look (v.t.).

[variant of Middle English wydderen, probably variant of wederen to weather. Compare etym. under weather, verb. (Cf.weather)]

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