01 v. i. To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to linger in a weak or …
imp. & p. p.
Languished; p. pr. & vb. n.
Languishing
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To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to linger in a weak or deteriorating condition; to wither or fade.“We . . . do languish of such diseases.” — 2 Esdras viii. 31.“Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life.” — Pope.“For the fields of Heshbon languish.” — Is. xvi. 8.
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To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy.
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To be neglected and unattended to; as, the proposal languished on the director's desk for months.