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- wizen (v.)



[wizen 词源字典] - Old English wisnian, weosnian "to wither, dry up, waste away," from Proto-Germanic *wisnon (cognates: Old Norse visna "to wither," Old High German wesanen "to dry up, shrivel, wither;" German verwesen "to decay, rot"), from PIE root *wei- (2) "to wither." Related: Wizened.[wizen etymology, wizen origin, 英语词源]