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Meaning of languish

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  languish
      v 1: lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her
           husband died, she just pined away" [syn: {pine away},
           {waste}, {languish}]
      2: have a desire for something or someone who is not present;
         "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover" [syn:
         {ache}, {yearn}, {yen}, {pine}, {languish}]
      3: become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in
         the dungeon" [syn: {languish}, {fade}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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