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repine
/ɹɪˈpaɪn/
verb 2noun 1
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4ADJ.
against
VERB + REPINE
times
REPINE + NOUN
mutter
PREP.
without
Definitions
verb
1
To complain; to regret; to fret.
[VV]e are able with playne demonſtration to proue, and vvith reaſon to perſvvade that in tymes paſt our fayth vvas alike, that then vve preached thinges correſpondent vnto the forme of faith already published of vs, ſo that none in this behalfe can repyne or gaynesay vs.
But many times we complaine, repine, and mutter without cauſe, wee giue way to paſſions, we may reſiſt and will not.
2
To long for (something) discontentedly; to pine.
Theſe ears, alas! for other notes repine, / A different object do theſe eyes require.
But the oath supremacy was not refused, the worship of the church was frequented by multitudes who secretly repined for a change; […]
noun
1
A repining.
Whose beams upon his hairless face are fix’d / As if from thence they borrowed all their shine. / Were never four such lamps together mix’d, / Had not his clouded with his brow’s repine; […]
And ye, fair heaps, the Muses’ sacred shrines, / (In spite of time and envious repines) / Stand still and flourish till the world’s last day, / Upbraiding it with former love’s decay.
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[VV]e are able with playne demonſtration to proue, and vvith reaſon to perſvvade that in tymes paſt our fayth vvas alike, that then vve preached thinges correſpondent vnto the forme of faith already p
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But many times we complaine, repine, and mutter without cauſe, wee giue way to paſſions, we may reſiſt and will not.
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O my gracious Lord, doe to me what seemeth good in thy own eyes; I am like clay in the hands of the potter, and what am I that I should repine against the acts of thy providence and dispensation? Beho
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Whose beams upon his hairless face are fix’d / As if from thence they borrowed all their shine. / Were never four such lamps together mix’d, / Had not his clouded with his brow’s repine; […]
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And ye, fair heaps, the Muses’ sacred shrines, / (In spite of time and envious repines) / Stand still and flourish till the world’s last day, / Upbraiding it with former love’s decay.
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It would, therefore, be criminal negligence did we not embrace this chance to proclaim broadcast, through such men as by their learning, their repines of judgment, their character and their works, wil
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