WIZEN

Wiz″en (?), v. i. [[OE. wisenen, AS. wisnian akin to weornian to decay, OHG. wesan�n to grow dry, G. verwesen to rot, Icel. visna to wither, Sw. vissna, Dan. visne, and probably to L. virus an offensive odor, poison. Cf. Virus.]] To wither; to dry.