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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.

WILT,

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.

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Entry for 'Wilt'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​w/wilt.html.
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