wither

v. 1 (often foll. By up) make or become dry and shrivelled. 2 (often foll. By away) deprive of or lose vigour or freshness. 3 (esp. As withering adj.) Blight with scorn etc.  witheringly adv. [apparently var. Of *weather]

n. To fade; to lose freshness; to become sapless; to become sapless; to dry or shrivel up.