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

shrivel \shriv"el\, v. i. imp.  p. p. shriveledor
   shrivelled; p. pr.  vb. n. shriveling or shrivelling.
   probably akin to shrimp, shrink; cf. dial. as. screpa to
   pine away, norw. skrypa to waste, skryp, skryv, transitory,
   frail, sw. skr"opling feeble, dan. skr"obelig, icel.
   skrj?pr brittle, frail.
   to draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form
   corrugations; as, a leaf shriveles in the hot sun; the skin
   shrivels with age; -- often with up.
   1913 webster
see also:
shriveled shrivelled shriveling shrivelling 

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