Any of various plant diseases characterized by slow or rapid collapse of terminal shoots, branches, or entire plants.
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The act of wilting or the state of being wilted.
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An act or instance of the state of being.
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A disorder (as a fungus disease) of plants marked by loss of turgidity in soft tissues with subsequent drooping and often shriveling.
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Polyhedrosis of caterpillars.
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auxiliary-verb
Archaic A second person singular present tense of will2.
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verb-intransitive
To become limp or flaccid; droop: plants wilting in the heat.
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To feel or exhibit the effects of fatigue or exhaustion; weaken markedly: "His brain wilted from hitherto unprecedented weariness” ( Vladimir Nabokov).
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verb-transitive
To cause to droop or lose freshness.
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To deprive of energy or vigor; fatigue or exhaust.
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verb
To lose turgor from lack of water.
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To become limp.
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To grow weak or faint.
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To cause to wilt.
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