Re*pine", n. Vexation;
mortification. [Obs.] Shak.
Re*pine" (r?-p?n"), v. i. [Pref. re-
+ pine to languish.]
1. To fail; to wane. [Obs.]
"Reppening courage yields no foot to foe." Spenser.
2. To continue pining; to feel inward
discontent which preys on the spirits; to indulge in envy or
complaint; to murmur.
But Lachesis thereat gan to repine.
Spenser.
What if the head, the eye, or ear repined
To serve mere engines to the ruling mind?
Pope.