(a) To torment (sb., the body, soul, an angel), torture, punish; afflict (sb.) with (torment); -- also absol.; (b) ~ to deth, to torture (sb.) to death; (c) to torture (Christ), crucify; also fig.; (d) to torture (sb.) so as to extract a confession; ~ with the corde; (e) to injure (sb.), harm; (f) to endure torment.

(a) To torment (one's body) in penance; refl. inflict penance on oneself, pain oneself; (b) endure penance; torment oneself.

(a) To cause pain to (sb., a limb of the body), hurt; also fig.; ~ on, cause pain in (a wound); (b) to endure pain, suffer; (c) ppl. pininge, painful, tormenting.

(a) To cause (sb.) grief, afflict with misery; (b) ppl. pininge, grievous, causing misery.

(a) To cause (sb.) to starve; also fig.; ppl. pined, starved; (b) of a plague, disease: to afflict (sb.); pined in fires, consumed with fever; ppl. pined, as noun: a person afflicted with an illness.

To languish as a result of hunger, sickness, sorrow, etc.; starve; pine; ~ to deth, languish until death.

(a) To trouble (sb.), cause (sb.) to toil, weary; (b) refl. to trouble oneself; exert oneself; (c) to strive (to do sth.).