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repine

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6 lettersPronunciation /ɹɪˈpaɪn/Part of speech verbSorted eeinprStarts with REnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. express discontent

Word origin

Believed to have been formed (with uncertainty, due to the unusual formation) as re- + pine, with the verb giving rise to the noun (first attested in 1529 and 1593 respectively); compare the Middle English verb repinen (“(uncertain) to cause trouble to someone, grieve”) (from pīnen (“to cause pain, grieve, hurt, trouble; to starve, pine; to torment, torture”), from Old English pīnian), which may be related.

Used in a sentence

  • But many times we complaine, repine, and mutter without cauſe, wee giue way to paſſions, we may reſiſt and will not.
  • Whoſo repines at ſeaſons and weather, and ſpeaks impatiently of times and events, repines and ſpeakth impatiently of God, who is the ſole Lord and Governor of times, ſeaſons, and events.
  • 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?

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