wither

To dry up or shrivel from loss of moisture.

To lose force or vitality; become diminished; wane.

To cause to shrivel or fade.

To cause to lose force or vitality; diminish or destroy.

To render speechless or incapable of action; stun.

Against; in opposition (to): chiefly in composition, as a prefix wither-, against.

To go against; resist: oppose.

See wither, adverb

To cause to become dry and fade; make sapless and shrunken.

To cause to shrink, wrinkle, and decay for want of animal moisture; cause to lose bloom; shrivel; cause to have a wrinkled skin or shrunken muscles: as, time will wither the fairest face.