Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Languishing \Lan"guish*ing\, a.
   1. Becoming languid and weak; pining; losing health and
      strength.

   2. Amorously pensive; as, languishing eyes, or look.

Languish \Lan"guish\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Languished}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Languishing}.] [OE. languishen, languissen, F.
   languir, L. languere; cf. Gr. ? to slacken, ? slack, Icel.
   lakra to lag behind; prob. akin to E. lag, lax, and perh. to
   E. slack.See {-ish}.]
   1. To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation;
      to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away;
      to wither or fade.

            We . . . do languish of such diseases. --2 Esdras
                                                  viii. 31.

            Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me
            landguish into life.                  --Pope.

            For the fields of Heshbon languish.   --Is. xvi. 8.

   2. To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief,
      appealing for sympathy. --Tennyson.

   Syn: To pine; wither; fade; droop; faint.