v. i.
We . . . do languish of such diseases. 2 Esdras viii. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]
Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife,
And let me languish into life. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
For the fields of Heshbon languish. Is. xvi. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To cause to droop or pine. [ Obs. ] Shak. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Languishment. [ Obs. or Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
What, of death, too,
That rids our dogs of languish? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
And the blue languish of soft Allia's eye. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who languishes. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
adv. In a languishing manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. Languishment. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]