Dictionary entry

Pine (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pine, v. i. 1. To suffer; to be afflicted.

2. To languish; to lose flesh or wear away, under any distress or anexiety of mind; to droop; — often used with away. “The roses wither and the lilies pine.” Tickell.

3. To languish with desire; to waste away with longing for something; — usually followed by for.

For whom, and not for Tybalt, Juliet pined. Shak.

Syn. — To languish; droop; flag; wither; decay.