different between repine vs repiner

English

Etymology

Believed to have been formed (with uncertainty, due to the unusual formation) as re- +? pine, with the verb giving rise to the noun (first attested in 1529 and 1593 respectively); compare the Middle English verb repinen (“(uncertain) to cause trouble to someone, grieve”) (from p?nen (“to cause pain, grieve, hurt, trouble; to starve, pine; to torment, torture”), from Old English p?nian), which may be related.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: r?p?n?, IPA^(key): /???pa?n/
• (General American) enPR: r?p?n?, IPA^(key): /???pa?n/, /??-/
• Hyphenation: re?pine

Verb

repine (third-person singular simple present repines, present participle repining, simple past and past participle repined)

1. (transitive) To fail; to wane.
2. (intransitive, now literary) To complain; to regret. [from early 16th c.]

Conjugation

Alternative forms

• repyne (obsolete, 16th century)

Derived terms

Translations

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “†re?pine, n.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “repine, v.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
• “repine, n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2009
• “repine, v.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2009

Anagrams

• Priene, perine

English

Etymology

repine +? -er

Noun

repiner (plural repiners)

1. One who repines.

Anagrams

• ripener