different between wizen vs wilt

English

Alternative forms

• wizzen

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian, weosnian, from Proto-Germanic *wisn?jan, from *wesan? (“to consume”). Cognate with Icelandic visna, Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (frawisan, “to squander through feasting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w?z?n/
• Rhymes: -?z?n

Adjective

wizen (comparative more wizen, superlative most wizen)

1. Wizened; withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.
   • 1864, - Henry Dunbar by Mary Elizabeth Braddon [1]

     His face was wizen and wrinkled, his faded blue eyes dim and weak-looking. He was feeble, and his hands were tremulous with a perpetual nervous motion.

   • 1890, - The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde [2]

     Yes, there would be a day when his face would be wrinkled and wizen, his eyes dim and colourless, the grace of his figure broken and deformed. The scarlet would pass away from his lips and the gold steal from his hair.

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Verb

wizen (third-person singular simple present wizens, present participle wizening, simple past and past participle wizened)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To wither; to become, or make, lean and wrinkled by shrinkage, as from age or illness.

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Anagrams

• winze

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?lt/
• Rhymes: -?lt

Etymology 1

Recorded since 1691, probably an alteration of welk, itself from Middle English welken, presumed from Middle Dutch (preserved in modern inchoative verwelken) or Middle Low German welken (“to wither”), cognate with Old High German irwelhen (“to become soft”).

Verb

wilt (third-person singular simple present wilts, present participle wilting, simple past and past participle wilted)

1. (intransitive) To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower).
2. (intransitive) To fatigue; to lose strength.
3. (transitive) To cause to droop or become limp and flaccid (as a flower).
4. (transitive) To cause to fatigue; to exhaust.

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Noun

wilt (countable and uncountable, plural wilts)

1. The act of wilting or the state of being wilted.
2. (phytopathology) Any of various plant diseases characterized by wilting.

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Etymology 2

Verb

wilt

1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of will
   • 1952, Bible (Revised Standard Version), Psalms 17:3

     If thou triest my heart, if thou visitest me by night, if thou testest me, thou wilt find no wickedness in me.

Anagrams

• IWLT

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?lt
• IPA^(key): /??lt/
• Homophone: wild

Verb

wilt

1. second-person singular present indicative of willen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of willen

Middle Dutch

Verb

wilt

1. inflection of willen:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person plural present indicative
   3. plural imperative