WITHER, v.i.
1. To fade; to lose its native freshness; to become sapless; to dry.
It shall wither in all the leaves of her spring. Ezek 17.
2. To waste; to pine away; as animal bodies; as a withered hand. Mat 12.
3. To lose or want animal moisture.
Now warm in love, now withring in the grave.
WITHER, v.t.
1. To cause to fade and become dry; as, the sun withereth the grass. James 1.
2. To cause to shrink, wrinkle and decay, for want of animal moisture.
Age cannot wither her.
