WILT

see: will II. verb Etymology: alteration of earlier welk, from Middle English welken, probably from Middle Dutch; akin to Old High German erwelkēn to ~ Date: circa 1691 intransitive verb 1. to lose turgor from lack of water , to become limp, to grow weak or faint ; languish , transitive verb to cause to ~, III. noun Date: 1855 an act or instance of ~ing ; the state of being ~ed, 2. a disorder (as a fungus disease) of plants marked by loss of turgidity in soft tissues with subsequent drooping and often shriveling, polyhedrosis of caterpillars