1. (v. i.) To draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink\, and form corrugations; as, a leaf shrivels in the hot sun; the skin shrivels with age; -- often with up.

2. (v. t.) To cause to shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto corruptions.

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