2 uses
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Definition
to shrivel (wrinkle and contract — usually from lack of water)
or:
to become weaker; or feel humiliated
or:
to become weaker; or feel humiliated
- He seated himself and looked at me with withering scorn.15 — Continued Persecutions (9% in)
- But her dark life had become still darker, and age and trouble were leaving deep traces on her withered face.28 — Aunt Nancy (96% in)
There are no more uses of "wither" in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.
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