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Grammar : Verb
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Phonetic Transcription : wɪlt



Definition of wilt

Origin :
  • 1690s, probably an alteration of welk "to wilt," probably from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German welken "to wither," cognate with Old High German irwelhen "become soft." Related: Wilted; wilting.
  • verb sag, fail
Example sentences :
  • Wilt thou diversify thy repast with a taste of my oak-graff?
  • Extract from : « Maid Marian » by Thomas Love Peacock
  • But wilt thou not give me another twelvemonth to pay my debt?
  • Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
  • Wilt Thou not revive us again: that Thy people may rejoice in Thee?
  • Extract from : « The Ministry of Intercession » by Andrew Murray
  • But I wilt speak no more of feelings that you do not seem to understand.
  • Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Bailey appeared to wilt under her gaze as if the spectacles were twin suns.
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • When your mamma was took it just seemed to wilt him right down.
  • Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Wilt thou so bind thyself, or shall we part while yet there is time?'
  • Extract from : « Two Penniless Princesses » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • Wilt thou decorate the room with the evergreens for to-morrow?
  • Extract from : « Sielanka: An Idyll » by Henryk Sienkiewicz
  • Thy love to me thou then wilt render, And thy sweet will to me surrender.
  • Extract from : « Sielanka: An Idyll » by Henryk Sienkiewicz
  • After this Sigurd went to the king, who smiled on him and said: "What wilt thou of me?"
  • Extract from : « Told by the Northmen: » by E. M. [Ethel Mary] Wilmot-Buxton

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