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wither'd

wither'd is the obsolete spelling of withered.

Meaning of withered

Adjective

withered (comparative more withered, superlative most withered)

  1. Shrivelled, shrunken or faded, especially due to lack of water.
    • Lying on the floor was a dead man, in evening dress, with a knife in his heart. He was withered, wrinkled, and loathsome of visage. It was not till they had examined the rings that they recognized who it was.1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XX, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC, page 334
    Synonyms:
    sear, sere

Questions about wither'd

What is wither'd the obsolete spelling of?
Wither'd is the obsolete spelling of withered.

Words near wither'd in the dictionary

  1. Withem
  2. Withems
  3. wither
  4. wither away
  5. wither on the vine
  6. wither'd
  7. wither-
  8. wither-wrung
  9. witherable
  10. witherband
  11. witherbands

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