All 4 Uses
languish
in
The Ramayana
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- Then came they nearer to his side, And languishing with passion cried: "Whose son, O youth, and who art thou, Come suddenly to join us now?†
Book 1languishing = suffering in a bad situation for a long time
- See on the mountain slope above The peahen languishing with love.†
Book 4 *
- Forlorn I languished here, but now My saviour and defence art thou.†
Book 4languished = suffered in a bad situation for a long time
- In vain my weary glances rove From lake to hill, from stream to grove: I find no rapture in the scene, And languish for my fawn-eyed queen.†
Book 4
Definitions:
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(1)
(languish) to suffer in a bad situation for a long time
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)