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(ri pīn′)

intransitive verb repined, repining

to feel or express unhappiness or discontent; complain; fret

Origin: re- + pine

Related Forms:

repiner noun
repiningly adverb

See repine in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb re·pined, re·pin·ing, re·pines

To be discontented or low in spirits; complain or fret.
To yearn after something: Immigrants who repined for their homeland.

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Origin: Middle English repinen, to be aggrieved

Origin: : re-, re-

Origin: + pinen, to yearn; see pine²

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Related Forms:

re·pinˈer noun

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