To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to linger in a weak or deteriorating condition; to wither or fade.

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

To cause to droop or pine.

To be neglected and unattended to; as, the proposal languished on the director's desk for months.

See Languishment.