Dictionary entry

Pine (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pine, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Pined (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Pining.] [AS. pīnan to torment, fr. pīn torment. See 1st Pine, Pain, n. & v.] 1. To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict. Chaucer. Shak.

That people that pyned him to death. Piers Plowman.

One is pined in prison, another tortured on the rack. Bp. Hall.

2. To grieve or mourn for. Milton.