Wilt
King James Dictionary [1]
Wilt, G., to fade that is, to shrink or withdraw. To begin to wither to lose freshness and become flaccid, as a plant when exposed to great heat in a dry day, or when first separated from its root. This is a legitimate word, for which there is no substitute in the language. It is not synonymous with wither, as it expresses only the beginning of withering. A wilted plant often revives and becomes fresh not so a withered plant.
1. To cause to begin to wither to make flaccid as a green plant. 2. To cause to languish to depress or destroy the vigor and energy of.
Despots have wilted the human race into sloth and imbecility.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( v. t.) To cause to begin to wither; to make flaccid, as a green plant.
(2): ( v. i.) To begin to wither; to lose freshness and become flaccid, as a plant when exposed when exposed to drought, or to great heat in a dry day, or when separated from its root; to droop;. to wither.
(3): 2d pers. sing. of Will.
(4): ( v. t.) Hence, to cause to languish; to depress or destroy the vigor and energy of.
