■ verb
1》 grow weak or feeble.
↘ archaic pine with love or grief.
2》 be kept in an unpleasant place or situation: he was ~ing in jail.
Derivatives
~er noun
~ment noun ( archaic ).
Origin
ME: from OFr. languiss- , lengthened stem of languir , from a var. of L. languere , related to laxus 'lax'.