Repine
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɹɪˈpaɪn/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Repine is a verb meaning (intransitive, now literary) To complain; to regret; to fret.
Meaning
(intransitive, now literary) To complain; to regret; to fret.
More Meanings
- (intransitive, with for, now literary) To long for (something) discontentedly; to pine.
- (obsolete, now rare) A repining.
Example Sentences
[N]o more need men on earth repine
Beatrix invited me no more to tea but I did not greatly repine.
But many times we complaine, repine, and mutter without cauſe, wee giue way to paſſions, we may reſiſt and will not.
What if the Foot, ordain'd the duſt to tread, / Or Hand, to toil, aſpir'd to be the Head? / What if the Head, the Eye, or Ear repin'd / To ſerve mere Engines to the ruling Mind?
Word Forms
- repines
- repining
- repined
- repinest
- repinedst
- repineth
- repyne
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include reprove, reproach, deprecate, repent, berisp, regret.
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