Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pined"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pine \Pine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pined}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Pining}.] [AS. p[=i]nan to torment, fr. p[=i]n torment. See
1st {Pine}, {Pain}, n. & v.]
1. To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict.
[Obs.] --Chaucer. Shak.
That people that pyned him to death. --Piers
Plowman.
One is pined in prison, another tortured on the
rack. --Bp. Hall.
2. To grieve or mourn for. [R.] --Milton.
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