forpine

UK/fəˈpaɪn/US/fəɹˈpaɪn/

forpine verb: to pine away.

Verb

forpine (third-person singular simple present forpines, present participle forpining, simple past and past participle forpined)

(intransitive, obsolete) To pine away.
- But, through long anguish and selfe-murd'ring
  He was so wasted and forpined quight1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
(archaic, transitive) To waste away through suffering or through torment.
- […] While to my sight thy giant stature rears
  Its bulk forpined upon these savage rocks
  In shameful bonds the linked adamant locks.1924, G. M. Cookson, Prometheus Bound

শোকে শুকিয়ে যাওয়া

third-person singular present	forpines
present participle	forpining
past participle	forpined
past	forpined

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

What does forpine mean?: Forpine means to pine away.
What is forpine in Bengali?: Forpine in Bengali is শোকে শুকিয়ে যাওয়া. See Forpine meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is forpine?: Forpine is a verb.
How do you pronounce forpine?: Forpine is pronounced /fəˈpaɪn/ (UK).
What is the past tense of forpine?: The past tense of forpine is forpined.

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