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Repined vs Reined - What's the difference?

repined | reined |

As verbs the difference between repined and reined

is that repined is past tense of repine while reined is past tense of rein.

repined

English

Verb

(head)
  • (repine)

    • Anagrams

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    repine

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • *, II.3.6:
    • But many times we complain, repine , and mutter without a cause, we give way to passions we may resist and will not.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • What if the head, the eye, or ear repined / To serve mere engines to the ruling mind?
  • * 1958 , John W. Peterson, Night of Miracles :
    • no more need men on earth repine
  • * 1988 , (Anthony Burgess), Any Old Iron :
    • Beatrix invited me no more to tea but I did not greatly repine .
  • To fail; to wane.
  • * Spenser
    • Repining courage yields no foot to foe.

    References

    * “ †re?pine, n.'']” listed in the '' [2nd ed., 1989 * “ repine, v.'']” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989 * “ repine, n.'']” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary [3rd ed., December 2009 * “ repine, v.'']” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary [3rd ed., December 2009

    reined

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (rein)

    • Anagrams

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    rein

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) reyne, from (etyl) resne (Modern French .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A strap or rope attached to the bridle or bit, used to control a horse, animal or young child.
  • (figurative) An instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing.
  • * Milton
    • Let their eyes rove without rein .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To direct or stop a horse by using reins.
  • * Chapman
    • He mounts and reins his horse.
  • To restrain; to control; to check.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Being once chafed, he cannot / Be reined again to temperance.
    Derived terms
    * rein in

    Derived terms

    * free rein * hold the reins * keep a tight rein on * draw rein * rein back * rein in * rein up * take the reins

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) reines, (etyl) reins, and their source, (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A kidney.
  • *, II.12:
  • *:a man subject to these like imaginations.
  • *1611 , (King James Bible), :
  • *:He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins .
  • The inward impulses; the affections and passions, formerly supposed to be located in the area of the kidneys.
  • *Bible, Proverbs xxiii. 16
  • *:My reins rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
  • *Bible, Revelations ii. 23
  • *:I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts.

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