wilt

/wɪlt/ · noun

Meaning

The act of wilting or the state of being wilted.
Any of various plant diseases characterized by wilting.
To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower).
To fatigue; to lose strength.
To cause to droop or become limp and flaccid (as a flower).
To cause to fatigue; to exhaust.
(now uncommon or literary) To wish, desire (something).
(nowadays rare) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
(auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
(auxiliary) To choose to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive), often in negation.
(auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.
(auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
To wish, desire.
To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention).
To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).

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