repine

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We are republishing Patterson’s repine in honor of the holiday.

From Slate • Jul. 4, 2012

But if no one agrees, the author need not repine.

From Time Magazine Archive

Must Man, the chiefest Work of Art Divine, Be doom'd in endless Discord to repine?

From Time Magazine Archive

I will not pause either to accuse or repine.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

I am too well acquainted with your industry and patriotism to think that you will repine at any trouble that this may give you.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) by Various