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verb

Wilt v. t.

To cause to begin to wither; to make flaccid, as a green plant. (Prov. Eng. U. S.)

Hence, to cause to languish; to depress or destroy the vigor and energy of. (Prov. Eng. & U. S.) "Despots have wilted the human race into sloth and imbecility."

Wilt v. i. (past & past part. wilting) To begin to wither; to lose freshness and become flaccid, as a plant when exposed when exposed to drought, or to great heat in a dry day, or when separated from its root; to droop;. to wither. (Prov. Eng. & U. S.)

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"Wilting" Quotes from Famous Books

... Wilting of the Crimean War in after days, Louis Kossuth observed that never did a statesman throw down a more hazardous and daring stake than Cavour when he insisted on clenching the alliance after he had found out that it must be done without ...

— Cavour • Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco

... all on the porch when Camellia came down. The Gay Lady had put on a white muslin—the finest, simplest thing. The Philosopher, pushing a finger between his collar and his neck, to see if the wilting process had begun, eyed the Gay Lady approvingly. "Whatever she wears," he whispered to her, ...

— A Court of Inquiry • Grace S. Richmond

... in the illustration is made by taking one of the morning-glories you have just finished and actually wilting it by drawing the flower together and creasing and pressing it to resemble the partially closed ...

— Little Folks' Handy Book • Lina Beard

... memory now. If Jonah's gourd had not been a little too much used already, it would serve an excellent turn just here in the way of an apt figure of speech illustrating the growth, the wilting, and the withering of Metropolisville. The last time I saw the place the grass grew green where once stood the City Hall, the corn-stalks waved their banners on the very site of the old store—I ask pardon, the "Emporium"—of Jackson, ...

— The Mystery of Metropolisville • Edward Eggleston

... When ripe the leaves are spotted, thick, and will crack when pressed between the fingers and thumb. It is cut at any time of the day, after the dew is off, left in the row till wilted, then turned, and if there is a hot sun, it is often turned to prevent burning; after wilting it is put into small heaps of six or eight plants, then carried to the tobacco house for hanging, usually on poles twelve feet long; hung with twine about forty plants to a pole, twenty on each side, crossing ...

— The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom • P. L. Simmonds

... center table and propped himself against it, gasping. His whole big body seemed to be wilting, as though in a terrific heat. "I dunno!" he murmured. "I dunno what's got into you fellers. I tell you, I ...

— Ronicky Doone • Max Brand