v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Wilting. ] [ Written also welt, a modification of welk. ] To begin to wither; to lose freshness and become flaccid, as a plant when exposed when exposed to drought, or to great heat in a dry day, or when separated from its root; to droop;. to wither. [ Prov. Eng. & U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2d pers. sing. of Will. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To cause to begin to wither; to make flaccid, as a green plant. [ Prov. Eng. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, to cause to languish; to depress or destroy the vigor and energy of. [ Prov. Eng. & U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Despots have wilted the human race into sloth and imbecility. Dr. T. Dwight. [ 1913 Webster ]

A kind of carpet woven with loops like the Brussels, but differing from it in having the loops cut so as to form an elastic velvet pile; -- so called because made originally at Wilton, England. [ 1913 Webster ]