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repine

Repine (r-pn), v. i.

Etymology: [Pref. re- + pine to languish.]

1. To fail; to wane. [Obs.] "Reppening courage yields no foot to foe." Spenser.

2. To continue pining; to feel inward discontent which preys on the spirits; to indulge in envy or complaint; to murmur. But Lachesis thereat gan to repine. Spenser. What if the head, the eye, or ear repined To serve mere engines to the ruling mind Pope.

1 other Webster entry under this spelling

Repine, n.

Vexation; mortification. [Obs.] Shak.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for repine; he lists it under complain.

He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.