{ Sear, Sere (sēr) }, a. [OE. seer, AS. seár (assumed) fr. seárian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sorēn to wither, Gr. αὕειν to parch, to dry, Skr. çush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. √152. Cf. Austere, Sorrel, a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; — applied to leaves. Milton.
I have lived long enough; my way of life
Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf. Shak.