forpine

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UK/fəˈpaɪn/US/fəɹˈpaɪn/

verb

To pine away.

OriginMiddle English forpinen →
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Meanings

verbforpine (third-person singular simple present forpines, present participle forpining, simple past and past participle forpined)

present singular third person forpines · participle present forpining · participle past forpined · past forpined

  1. intransitiveobsoleteTo pine away.

    But, through long anguish and selfe-murd'ring He was so wasted and forpined quight

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  2. archaictransitiveTo waste away through suffering or through torment.

    […] While to my sight thy giant stature rears Its bulk forpined upon these savage rocks In shameful bonds the linked adamant locks.

    1924, G. M. Cookson, Prometheus Bound

Origin

  1. Middle Englishforpinen
  2. Englishforpine

From Middle English forpinen, equivalent to for- + pine. Cognate with Middle Low German vorpinen (“to forpine”).

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APA

forpine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forpine

MLA

“forpine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forpine. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forpine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forpine.

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