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repine

[ri-pahyn] / rɪˈpaɪn /


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We are republishing Patterson’s repine in honor of the holiday.

From Slate • Jul. 4, 2012

But if no one agrees, the author need not repine.

From Time Magazine Archive

Must Man, the chiefest Work of Art Divine, Be doom'd in endless Discord to repine?

From Time Magazine Archive

I will not pause either to accuse or repine.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Rejected, now, your humble, ardent prayer For cash, to speed your way To Baffin's frozen bay, 'Tis your own fault if you repine!

From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) by Freneau, Philip




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