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repineth

repineth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of repine.

Meaning of repine

Verb

repine (third-person singular simple present repines, present participle repining, simple past and past participle repined)

  1. (intransitive, literary) To complain; to regret; to fret.
    • [VV]e are able with playne demonſtration to proue, and vvith reaſon to perſvvade that in tymes paſt our fayth vvas alike, that then vve preached thinges correſpondent vnto the forme of faith already published of vs, ſo that none in this behalfe can repyne or gaynesay vs.1577, “Constantinus the Emperour Summoneth the Nicene Councell, it was Held at Nicæa a Citie of Bythnia for the Debatinge of the Controuersie about the Feast of Easter, and the Rootinge out of the...
  2. (intransitive, literary) To long for (something) discontentedly; to pine.
    • Theſe ears, alas! for other notes repine, / A different object do theſe eyes require.1742 (date written), [Thomas] Gray, “Sonnet on the Death of Mr. Richard West”, in The Poems of Mr. Gray. […], York, Yorkshire: […] A[nn] Ward; and sold by J[ames] Dodsley, […]; and J[ohn] Todd, […]...

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Origin of repineth

repine + -eth

Questions about repineth

What is repineth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Repineth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of repine.

Words near repineth in the dictionary

  1. repinements
  2. repiner
  3. repiners
  4. repines
  5. repinest
  6. repineth
  7. repining
  8. repiningly
  9. repinings
  10. repinique
  11. repiniques

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