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   Languish (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Languished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Languishing.] [OE. languishen, languissen, F. languir, L. languere; cf. Gr.  to slacken,  slack, Icel. lakra to lag behind; prob. akin to E. lag, lax, and perh. to E. slack.  See -ish.]
   1. 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.
   
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   We . . . do languish of such diseases. 2 Esdras viii. 31.
   
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   Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife,
   
   And let me languish into life. Pope.
   
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   For the fields of Heshbon languish. Is. xvi. 8.
   
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   2. To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy.  Tennyson.
   
   
   3. To be neglected and unattended to; as, “the proposal languished on the director's desk for months”.
   
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   Syn. -- To pine; wither; fade; droop; faint.
   
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   Languishing, a.
   1. Becoming languid and weak; pining; losing health and strength.
   
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   2. Amorously pensive; indicating melancholy; as, “languishing eyes, or look”.
   
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   3. Suffering neglect; neglected.
   
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   4. Continuing in a weak or deteriorating state; lingering.
   
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