Both Uses of
wither
in
Macbeth
- —What are these So wither'd, and so wild in their attire, That look not like the inhabitants o' the earth, And yet are on't?†
Scene 1.3 *
- —Now o'er the one half-world Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse The curtain'd sleep; now witchcraft celebrates Pale Hecate's offerings; and wither'd murder, Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost.†
Scene 2.1
Definition:
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(wither) to shrivel (wrinkle and contract -- usually from lack of water)
or:
to become weaker; or feel humiliated