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malversation (medicine)


malversation
Evil conduct; fraudulent practices; misbehavior, corruption, or extortion in office.

Origin: F, fr. Malverser to be corrupt in office, fr. L. Male ill + versari to move about, to occupy one's self, vertere to turn. See Malice, and Verse.

Source: Websters Dictionary


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.