intr.v. re·pined, re·pin·ing, re·pines 1. To be discontented or low in spirits; complain or fret. 2. To yearn after something: Immigrants who repined for their homeland. [Middle English repinen, to be aggrieved : re-, re- + pinen, to yearn; see PINE2.] re·piner n. |
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