All 4 Uses of
wither
in
The Picture of Dorian Gray - 13 chapter version
- The common hill-flowers wither, but they blossom again.†
Chpt 2 *
- Its gold would wither into gray.†
Chpt 5
- He had heard of rich men who had been blackmailed all their lives by some servant who had read a letter, or overheard a conversation, or picked up a card with an address, or found beneath a pillow a withered flower or a bit of crumpled lace.†
Chpt 8
- He was withered, wrinkled, and loathsome of visage.†
Chpt 13
Definition:
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(wither) to shrivel (wrinkle and contract -- usually from lack of water)
or:
to become weaker; or feel humiliated