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Wilt   /wɪlt/   Listen
Wilt

verb
1.
Lose strength.
2.
Become limp.  Synonym: droop.
noun
1.
Any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling; usually caused by parasites attacking the roots.  Synonym: wilt disease.
2.
Causing to become limp or drooping.  Synonym: wilting.



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"Wilt" Quotes from Famous Books



... John to Joan, Wilt thou have me? I prithee, now wilt? and I'se marry with thee My cow, my calf, my house, my rents, And all my land and tenements— Oh, say, my Joan, will that not do? I cannot come each day to woo. I've corn and hay in the barn hard by, And three fat hogs pent ...
— A History of Nursery Rhymes • Percy B. Green

... wilt, Nacaytzusle, I can speak like thy people also. It is true I came for them, but what I wanted"—he emphasized the word—"was as much for their benefit as my own. Thou, first of all, wast to gain by my scheme." His eyes closed, and the glance ...
— The Delight Makers • Adolf Bandelier

... truth, Peter, I was a-coming to say, that if thou hadst not got any one to go in the place of Tom Swatridge, I would help thee till thou art suited for nothing, or if thou wilt find me in bread and ...
— Peter Trawl - The Adventures of a Whaler • W. H. G. Kingston

... of election be correct, I have a word of comfort for you right here. In Jer. 13:21 we read this question: "What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee?" I will tell you what to say. When you stand before his judgment seat and hear from his lips, "Depart, thou cursed into everlasting fire," just say to him: "Why do you condemn me? You told me to enter in at the straight gate, it is ...
— Life and Labors of Elder John Kline, the Martyr Missionary - Collated from his Diary by Benjamin Funk • John Kline

... squire's substance. A maid, is it? Beshrew me, if your voyages will find portions for all your wenches! Has the leech let blood to thy good-mother, Susan? There! not one amongst you all bears any brains. Knew you not how to send up to the castle for Master Drewitt? Farewell! Thou wilt be at the lodge to-morrow to let me know how it fares with thy mother, when her brain is cleared by further blood-letting. And for the squire, let him know that I expect it of him that he shall eat, ...
— Unknown to History - A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland • Charlotte M. Yonge


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