forpine

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fə(ɹ)ˈpaɪn/

Verb

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

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To pine away.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

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

2. (transitive, archaic) To waste away through suffering or through torment.
   • 1924, G. M. Cookson, Prometheus Bound:

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