Pin·ing a.
1. Languishing; drooping; wasting away, as with longing.
2. Wasting; consuming. “The pining malady of France.”
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Pine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pined p. pr. & vb. n. Pining.]
1. To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict. [Obs.]
That people that pyned him to death. --Piers Plowman.
One is pined in prison, another tortured on the rack. --Bp. Hall.
2. To grieve or mourn for. [R.]
pining
n : a feeling of deep longing