intransitive. Of the voice: to fail. rare.

‘To fall off in respect of vigour or activity’ (W.); to lose power or strength; to flag, wane; to break down; figurative of the heart. Of the eyes…

Of a person or living thing: To lose strength, health, or vitality; to lose flesh or substance, pine, decay; to become gradually weak or enfeebled.

intransitive. Of a person, animal, or plant: to decline in health; to weaken, wither, or become faint; to exist in a state of weakness or illness…

intransitive. Used in various senses of fail, v. (the prefix adding little to the force of the word). To lose vigour, become weak, decay.

intransitive. = languish, v. (in various senses).

intransitive. To become weak, to faint; (also) to fail. Obsolete.

with away.

To become faint, grow weak or feeble, decline. Const. in, of. Obsolete exc. poetic.

intransitive. To lose life or vitality, to waste away. Obsolete.

intransitive. ? To halt; to falter.

intransitive. To decline in health, or be in declining health; to become worn out; to break down, collapse. Now rare.

To sink, go down, descend. Now only poetic; of the sun, day, etc.: to decline, draw to a close.

intransitive. To lose vivacity or liveliness.

intransitive. To waste, pine away. Obsolete.

intransitive. To tremble or shake from frailty.

intransitive. To become weak; to lose strength.

intransitive. To waste away.

intransitive. To fail in health, decay, give way. See also to break up 9 at phrasal verbs.

To succumb to pressure, strain, or any harmful or damaging influence. intransitive. Of a person or animal, or (now esp.) a person's mental…

intransitive. To fail in health or strength; to decline rapidly (under some trouble or ailment). Formerly also: †to die (obsolete).

transferred and gen. To become limp; to lose energy or vigour; to become dispirited or nerveless.

To fail in strength, collapse. Obsolete.

To grow or become weak or weaker.

intransitive. To change for the worse, deteriorate; to decline in health or prosperity; to collapse or die.

The action of curling, or state of being curled. in curl, out of curl: said of hair which is kept curled, or which has gone straight. Also…