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repine (v.)
"to manifest dissatisfaction, be fretfully discontented," mid-15c., repinen, probably from re-, here likely an intensive prefix, + pine (v.) "yearn," "but the formation is unusual" [OED]. Gray seems to have coined the transitive sense of "to long" for something (1742). Related: Repined; repining.
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Definitions of repine
Dictionary entries near repine
repertory
repetition
repetitious
repetitive
rephrase
repine
replace
replaceable
replacement
replant
replay