Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive, obsolete)To pine away.

  2. (archaic, transitive)To waste away through suffering or through torment.

Origin

From Middle English forpinen, equivalent to for- + pine. Cognate with Middle Low German vo

From Middle English forpinen, equivalent to for- + pine. Cognate with Middle Low German vorpinen (“to forpine”).

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Forms

forpines, forpining, forpined, forpined
Base formforpine · to forpine
3rd person singularforpines
Present participleforpining
Past simpleforpined
Past participleforpined

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyforpine
he, she, itforpines

Past simpleLesson

all personsforpined

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave forpined
he, she, ithas forpined

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill forpine

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
formulaB1formulateC1formulationfornicationforsakefortforte
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