1. To fail; to wane. [Obs.] "Reppening courage yields no foot to foe."
Spenser.
2. To continue pining; to feel inward discontent which preys on the
spirits; to indulge in envy or complaint; to murmur.
But Lachesis thereat gan to repine.
Spenser.
What if the head, the eye, or ear repined To serve mere engines to
the ruling mind?
Pope.
Re*pine", n. Vexation; mortification. [Obs.] Shak.
Re*pin"er (r?-p?n"?r), n. One who repines.
Re*pin"ing*ly, adv. With repening or murmuring.
||Rep"kie (r?p"k?), n. [From the native name.] (Zoöl.) Any edible sea
||urchin. [Alaska]
Re*place" (r?-pl?s"), v. t. [Pref. re- + place: cf. F. replacer.] 1. To
place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the
like.
The earl . . . was replaced in his government.
Bacon.
2. To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money
borrowed.
3. To supply or substitute an equivalent for; as, to replace a lost
document.
With Israel, religion replaced morality.