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repine

Posted on May 30, 2014May 23, 2014 by admin

rih paIn
intransitive verb
1: to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret.
She lay on the couch all day, repining over her misfortune.
2: to have a restless yearning for something; pine.
“We will not prove ourselves ungrateful for the happiness we have, by repining for that which is impossible.” (James Fenimore Cooper , The Headsman)

 

 

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