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† wanze, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 wansian, 3 Orm. wannsenn, 4 wanese, 5 wanyse, whanse, 4–5 wanse, (5 inf. wansyn, wanson, wanshon, wanschon, 6–7, 9 dial. wanze.
[OE. wansian (also áwansian) trans., to diminish, f. wan, wane a. Cf. ON. vanse wk. masc. (Mid.Sw., Norw. vanse) want, defect.]
1. trans. To diminish, waste; in later use, to render lean.
a1121O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 656 Swa hwa swa ure ᵹife ouþer oðre godene manne ᵹyfe wansiað wansie him seo heofenlice iateward on heofenrice. c1200Ormin 1904 Crist ras upp off dæþess slap, Forr dæþess nahht to wannsenn. Ibid. 7157 To wannsenn himm hiss riche. Ibid. 12238. 1647 Trapp Comm. Matt. vi. 16. 215 They doe so disfigure their faces, so wanze and wither their countenances, that [etc.]. 1657― Job xvi. 8. 152 That with fasting and paines taking he had so wanzed and macerated himself, that at past thirty, he was looked upon as one towards fifty.
2. intr. To decrease, grow less (lit. and fig.); of the moon, to wane.
c1200Ormin 1901 Marrchess nahhtess wannsenn aȝȝ, & Marrchess daȝhess waxenn. Ibid. 17969 Ned iss..þatt he nu forrþwarrd waxe, & ec iss ned..þatt I nu forrþwarrd wannse. c1380Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. II. 148 He mut wex and Y mut wanese. a1400Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1903) 263 Worldes catel passet sone. þat wacset & wansit rit as te mone. c1407Lydg. Reson & Sens. 6187 They be nat lyche the hornyd moon That kan encrese and wanse ageyn. c1440Promp. Parv. 515/2 Wanschon' [Winch. MS. wanshon], idem quod wanson'. Ibid., Wanson', evaneo, Cath., evanesco. Wanson', or wanyn', as þe mone, decresco. c1440J. Capgrave Life St. Kath. i. 487 Peyntyng & wrytyng & grauyng in entayle It wyll wanyse [MS. Arund. whanse] & wast, roten & be brent. 1447O. Bokenham Seyntys, 11,000 Virgins 207 Thys was here feer þat..Eche day shuld growen & encrese Crystyn relygyoun..And paynymry wansyn & discrese. 14..MS. Ashm. 191, fol. 199 b, Wiþ ynne it is an hole, ye whiche schewiþ bi symylitude howe þe moone wexiþ & wansiþ.
b. To wither, fade, waste away; to become emaciated.
1567Golding Ovid's Met. iii. 618 And all that things that lyked him did wanze away at length. Ibid. vi. 58 A ruddynesse besprent Hir cheekes which wanzed away againe. 1593Nashe Christ's T. T 1 b, Decke our selues how we will,..wee cannot equalize one of the Lillies of the fielde; as they wither, so shall we wanze and decay. 1614D. Dyke Myst. Self-Deceiv. ii. 30 Doth Timothie weaken his constitution by abstinence? The Pharisee will neuer giue ouer till his complexion be wholly withered and wanzed. 1623Cockeram i, Wanze, to perish, to decay. 1633D. R[ogers] Treat. Sacram. ii. 46 Recover thy losse, quicken that hath wanzed, strengthen the feeble knees or hands. 1642― Naaman 118 In a short time have bewraied themselves to be time-servers, and wanzed away to nothing. Ibid. 111, 153. a 1825 Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Wanze, to waste, pine, wither. 1917Hardy Moments of Vision 171 Not as one wanzing weak From life's roar and reek, His rest still to seek.
Hence ˈwanzing ppl. a., evanescent; ˈwanzingness.
1571Golding Calvin on Ps. iii. 8 b, So did he not rashly thrust oute wanzing woordes [L. voces evanidas] into the aire as vnbeleuers are woont to do. 1633D. R[ogers] Treat. Sacram. ii. 22 The life of faith..is very poore and wanzing in us. Ibid. 48 Each wanzing motion and Pang after faith. 1642― Naaman 143 That pleasingnesse of it..doth bewitch them so, that they rest in wanzing hope of it. Ibid. 268 Shewes them the vanity and wanzingnesse of their own principle. |