wilt
1 (wĭlt)
[Possibly alteration of dialectal welk, from Middle English welken.]
verb: wilt·ed, wilt·ing, wilts.
intransitive verb
- To become limp or flaccid; droop: plants wilting in the heat.
- To feel or exhibit the effects of fatigue or exhaustion; weaken markedly: “His brain wilted from hitherto unprecedented weariness” (Vladimir Nabokov)
transitive verb
- To cause to droop or lose freshness.
- To deprive of energy or vigor; fatigue or exhaust.
noun
- The act of wilting or the state of being wilted.
- Any of various plant diseases characterized by slow or rapid collapse of terminal shoots, branches, or entire plants.
wilt
2 (wĭlt)
aux.v.
Archaic- A second person singular present tense of will2