wizen

1. (ambitransitive) To wither; to become, or make, lean and wrinkled by shrinkage, as from age or illness.Examples: "After wizening with cold for an hour, we ran down to the hut for breakfast, rejoicing in having brought with us some portable soup ; and after a second visit to the summit, started at eight, when the day seemed already far advanced, along with the Bleiberg party, for the descent."; "Where his suspicions were cast no man knew for certain, but his plump features wizened, and his rosy cheeks grew white, his proud head drooped, and he walked with a piteous uncertainty for so pompous and lofty a man."; "1–2000 solution gave no blackening, the tissues of the apple wizening before any effect was seen."ambitransitive