Re‐pine″ (r?–p?n″), v. i. [Pref. re- + pine to languish.]
1. To fail; to wane. “Reppening courage yields no foot to foe.” Spenser.
2. To continue pining; to feel inward discontent which preys on the spirits; to indulge in envy or complaint; to murmur.
But Lachesis thereat gan to repine. Spenser.
What if the head, the eye, or ear repined
To serve mere engines to the ruling mind? Pope.