Wilt

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·- 2d pers. ·sg of Will.

II. Wilt ·vt To cause to begin to wither; to make flaccid, as a green plant.

III. Wilt ·vt Hence, to cause to languish; to depress or destroy the vigor and energy of.

IV. Wilt ·vi To begin to wither; to lose freshness and become flaccid, as a plant when exposed when exposed to drought, or to great heat in a dry day, or when separated from its root; to Droop;. to wither.