vt.vi. (使)枯萎, (使)雕谢

[ adj ]
lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
<adj.all>
the old woman's shriveled skinhe looked shriveled and ill
a shrunken old man
a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws
he did well despite his withered arm
a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair

Wizen \Wiz"en\, v. i. [OE. wisenen, AS. wisnian akin to weornian
to decay, OHG. wesan?n to grow dry, G. verwesen to rot, Icel.
visna to wither, Sw. vissna, Dan. visne, and probably to L.
virus an offensive odor, poison. Cf. {Virus}.]
To wither; to dry. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]


Wizen \Wiz"en\, a.
Wizened; thin; weazen; withered.

A little lonely, wizen, strangely clad boy. --Dickens.


Wizen \Wiz"en\, n.
The weasand. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]