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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
repine .
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Examples
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Christian captives sick and sunless, all a labouring race repines
Archive 2008-10-05 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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Christian captives sick and sunless, all a labouring race repines
Remembering Lepanto de Brantigny........................ 2008
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But here is the misery, that he will not take notice of it; he repines at rich men's wealth, brave hangings, dainty fare, as
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In like sort our gentlewomen do at their usual meetings, one repines or scoffs at another's bravery and happiness.
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Is anyone else here old enough to remember the repines to the Challenger space shuttle disaster.
Spot the Hockey Stick #17: Lloyds of London « Climate Audit 2007
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The world is chock full of wisitations; and if a boy repines at a wisitation and makes you uncomfortable with his noise, he must have his head punched.
Nicholas Nickleby 2007
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Christian captives sick and sunless, all a labouring race repines
The Poem of Lepanto 2007
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She hath, in spite of all my circumspection, perceived that passion which it is not in my power to conceal, and in consequence of which I now declare myself your devoted adorer; or, conscious of your superior excellence, her jealousy hath taken the alarm, and, though stung with conjecture only, repines at the triumph of your perfections.
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Is there a man who boasts a British heart, that repines at the success and prosperity of his country?
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Christian captives sick and sunless, all a labouring race repines
10/01/2002 - 11/01/2002 John 2002
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