Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Stunted; decayed; in a state of de cline.
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- adjective Alternative form of
wanthriven .
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Examples
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And what am I but a poor, wasted, wan-thriven tree, dug up by the roots, and flung out to waste in the highway, that man and beast may tread it under foot?
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And what am I but a poor, wasted, wan-thriven tree, dug up by the roots, and flung out to waste in the highway, that man and beast may tread it under foot?
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And what am I but a poor, wasted, wan-thriven tree, dug up by the roots, and flung out to waste in the highway, that man and beast may tread it under foot?
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801
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And what am I but a poor, wasted, wan-thriven tree, dug up by the roots, and flung out to waste in the highway, that man and beast may tread it under foot?
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801
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