[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to shrivel; fade; decay:The grapes had withered on the vine.Synonyms: waste , droop , languish , decline , dry , shrink , wrinkle", "to lose the freshness of youth, as from age (often followed byaway)."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to make flaccid, shrunken, or dry, as from loss of moisture; cause to lose freshness, bloom, vigor, etc.:The drought withered the buds.", "to affect harmfully:Reputations were withered by the scandal.", "to abash, as by a scathing glance:a look that withered him.Synonyms: shame , humiliate"]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["George,1588–1667,English poet and pamphleteer."]}]