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prebuttal (iou) and pine 2, verb (oh)


prebuttal (iou)



prebuttal noun. L20.
[from PRE- + RE)BUTTAL.]
In Politics: a response formed in anticipation of a criticism.

pine 2, verb (oh)



2 v [I]
[Language: Old English; Origin: pinian, from pin 'punishment', from Latin poena; PAIN1]
to become sad and not continue your life as normal because someone has died or gone away
::Six months after he left, she was still pining.
pine away phr v
to become less active, weaker and often ill, especially because you miss someone who has died or gone away
pine for / [pine for sb/sth] phr v
if you pine for a place or for something, you miss it a lot and wish you could be there or have it again
::After two months in France I was pining for Home.
if you pine for someone, you feel very unhappy because they are not with you
::Karen had been pining for her friends back Home in Colorado.