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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Wither \With"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Withered; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Withering.] [OE. wideren; probably the same word as
     wederen to weather (see Weather, v. & n.); or cf. G.
     verwittern to decay, to be weather-beaten, Lith. vysti to
     wither.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To fade; to lose freshness; to become sapless; to become
        sapless; to dry or shrivel up.
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              Shall he hot pull up the roots thereof, and cut off
              the fruit thereof, that it wither?    --Ezek. xvii.
                                                    9.
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     2. To lose or want animal moisture; to waste; to pin? away,
        as animal bodies.
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              This is man, old, wrinkled, faded, withered. --Shak.
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              There was a man which had his hand withered. --Matt.
                                                    xii. 10.
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              Now warm in love, now with'ring in the grave.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     3. To lose vigor or power; to languish; to pass away. ``Names
        that must not wither.'' --Byron.
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              States thrive or wither as moons wax and wane.
                                                    --Cowper.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Withered \With"ered\, a.
     Faded; dried up; shriveled; wilted; wasted; wasted away. --
     With"ered*ness, n. --Bp. Hall.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Wither \With"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Withered; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Withering.] [OE. wideren; probably the same word as
     wederen to weather (see Weather, v. & n.); or cf. G.
     verwittern to decay, to be weather-beaten, Lith. vysti to
     wither.]
     1. To fade; to lose freshness; to become sapless; to become
        sapless; to dry or shrivel up.
  
              Shall he hot pull up the roots thereof, and cut off
              the fruit thereof, that it wither?    --Ezek. xvii.
                                                    9.
  
     2. To lose or want animal moisture; to waste; to pin? away,
        as animal bodies.
  
              This is man, old, wrinkled, faded, withered. --Shak.
  
              There was a man which had his hand withered. --Matt.
                                                    xii. 10.
  
              Now warm in love, now with'ring in the grave.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
     3. To lose vigor or power; to languish; to pass away. ``Names
        that must not wither.'' --Byron.
  
              States thrive or wither as moons wax and wane.
                                                    --Cowper.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Withered \With"ered\, a.
     Faded; dried up; shriveled; wilted; wasted; wasted away. --
     With"ered*ness, n. --Bp. Hall.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  withered
       adj 1: lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the
              old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and
              ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a
              man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie;
              "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened
              little man with frizzy gray hair" [syn: shriveled, shrivelled,
               shrunken, wizen, wizened]
       2: (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture;
          "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere
          vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered
          seedlings"; "withered vines" [syn: dried-up, sere, sear,
           shriveled, shrivelled]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  withered
     a.
     shrivelled, shrunken or faded, especially due to lack of water.
     vb.
     (infl of en wither  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  withered
     a.
     shrivelled, shrunken or faded, especially due to lack of water.
     vb.
     (infl of en wither  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  withered
     a.
     shrivelled, shrunken or faded, especially due to lack of water.
     vb.
     (infl of en wither  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  withered
     a.
     shrivelled, shrunken or faded, especially due to lack of water.
     vb.
     (infl of en wither  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  withered
     Englanti a.
     1 kuihtunut
     2 lakastunut
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm w ither ed)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  withered
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en wither ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb wither)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Withered /wˈɪðəd/
  ذابل

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  withered /wˈɪðəd/ 
  zvadlý