verb (v)

• wither, as with a loss of moisture(verb.change)

  Example:
  The fruit dried and shriveled.
  

  Synonym:
  shrink, shrivel up, wither
  

  source: wordnet30
• decrease in size, range, or extent(verb.change)

  Example:
  My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me.
  

  Synonym:
  shrink
  

  source: wordnet30
• To draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form corrugations; as, a leaf shriveles in the hot sun; the skin shrivels with age; -- often with up.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To cause to shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto corruptions.(verb)

  source: webster1913