diel (di)

i.; pret. and pp. died, ppr. dying. [Early mod. E. also dye (and dial., Sc., etc., dee ); There dyede Seynte Johne, and was buryed behynde the highe Awtiere, in a Toumbe. Mandeville, Travels, p. 22. IMG:content-2598.jpg:[blocks in formation] And what we call to die , is not to appear Or be the thing that formerly we were. Dryden, Pythagorean Philos., 1. 392. "Whom the gods love die young," was said of yore. Byron, Don Juan, iv. 12. Every individual eventually dies from inability to withstand some environing action. H. Spencer , Study of Sociol., p. 339. 2. To lose vital power or action; become devitalized or dead: said of plants or parts of plants, as a decayed tree or a withered limb or stem: as, certain plants die down to the ground annually, while their roots live.-3. To sink; faint. His heart died within him, and he became as a stone. 1 Sam. xxv. 37. Hence-4. To come to an end or come to nothing; cease, or cease to exist; perish; be lost. When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me. Add is on, Thoughts in Westminster Abbey. Whatever pleasure any man may take in spreading whispers, he will find greater satisfaction by letting the secret Spectator .