repine
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Believed to have been formed (with uncertainty, due to the unusual formation) as re- + pine, with the verb giving rise to the noun (first attested in 1529 and 1593 respectively); compare the Middle English verb repinen (“(uncertain) to cause trouble to someone, grieve”) (from pīnen (“to cause pain, grieve, hurt, trouble; to starve, pine; to torment, torture”), from Old English pīnian), which may be related.
Base: pine
Affixes: re-
Inflected forms:
form: repines
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: repining
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: repined
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: repined
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: repine
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: repine
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: repined
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: repine
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: repinest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: repined
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: repinedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: repines
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: repineth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: repined
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: repine
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: repined
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: repine
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: repined
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: repine
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: repining
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: repined
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: repyne
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To complain; to regret; to fret.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
literary
examples: [VV]e are able with playne demonſtration to proue, and vvith reaſon to perſvvade that in tymes paſt our fayth vvas alike, that then vve preached thinges correſpondent vnto the forme of faith already published of vs, ſo that none in this behalfe can repyne or gaynesay vs.
But many times we complaine, repine, and mutter without cauſe, wee giue way to paſſions, we may reſiſt and will not.
O my gracious Lord, doe to me what seemeth good in thy own eyes; I am like clay in the hands of the potter, and what am I that I should repine against the acts of thy providence and dispensation? Behold O God, thy Handmaid is but a worm before thee; shall dust and ashes repine against God?
Nor ſhall I count it hainous to enjoy / The public marks of honour and reward / Conferr'd upon me, for the piety / Which to my countrey I was judg'd to have ſhewn. / At this whoever envies or repines / I leave him to his lot, and like my own.
Whoſo repines at ſeaſons and weather, and ſpeaks impatiently of times and events, repines and ſpeakth impatiently of God, who is the ſole Lord and Governor of times, ſeaſons, and events.
What if the Foot, ordain'd the duſt to tread, / Or Hand, to toil, aſpir'd to be the Head? / What if the Head, the Eye, or Ear repin'd / To ſerve mere Engines to the ruling Mind?
[N]o more need men on earth repine
Beatrix invited me no more to tea but I did not greatly repine.
gloss: To long for (something) discontentedly; to pine.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
literary
examples: Theſe ears, alas! for other notes repine, / A different object do theſe eyes require.
But the oath supremacy was not refused, the worship of the church was frequented by multitudes who secretly repined for a change; […]
Brother Jonathan, distressed is my spirit, / My heart is repining for thee!
Yet oft do we repine / For the days of old, / For the days of gold— / For the days of Forty-Nine
Each normal life repines for better life; […]
Derived words: repinement
repiner
repiningly
unrepined
unrepining
unrepiningly
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