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wither
1530s, alteration of M.E.
wydderen
"dry up, shrivel" (c.1300), apparently a differentiated and special use of
wederen
"to expose to weather" (see
weather
). Cf. Ger.
verwittern
"to become weather-beaten," from
Witter
"weather."
