Re*pine" (r?-p?n"), v. i. [Pref. re- + pine to languish.]
1.
To fail; to wane.
[Obs.] "
Reppening courage yields no foot to foe."
Spenser.
2.
To continue pining; to feel inward discontent which preys on the spirits; to indulge in envy or complaint; to murmur.
But Lachesis thereat gan to repine.
Spenser.
What if the head, the eye, or ear repined
To serve mere engines to the ruling mind?
Pope.
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Re*pine", n.
Vexation; mortification.
[Obs.]
Shak.
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