[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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 linger in a weak or deteriorating condition; to wither
      or fade.
      1913 webster

            we . . . do languish of such diseases. --2 esdras
                                                  viii. 31.
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            cease, fond nature, cease thy strife,
            and let me languish into life.        --pope.
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            for the fields of heshbon languish.   --is. xvi. 8.
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   2. to assume an expression of weariness or tender grief,
      appealing for sympathy. --tennyson.

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

   syn: to pine; wither; fade; droop; faint.
        1913 webster
see also:
languished languishing -ish 

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