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Definition of Deplete
1. Verb. Use up (resources or materials). "They deplete more bread"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
Specialized synonyms: Run Out, Drain, Indulge, Luxuriate, Burn, Burn Off, Burn Up, Spend, Exhaust, Play Out, Run Down, Sap, Tire
Generic synonyms: Drop, Expend, Spend
Related verbs: Occupy, Take, Use Up
Derivative terms: Consumable, Consumptive, Depletion, Depletion, Exhaustion
Definition of Deplete
1. v. t. To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
Definition of Deplete
1. Verb. To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine. ¹
2. Verb. To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deplete
1. to lessen or exhaust the supply of [v -PLETED, -PLETING, -PLETES]
Medical Definition of Deplete
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Literary usage of Deplete
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1903)
"... stock issued by it would, in effect, license stockholders, by «1 LRA resorting
to sales of their shares to it, to deplete the assets of the corporation, ..."
2. The Fertility of the Land: A Summary Sketch of the Relationship of Farm by Isaac Phillips Roberts (1898)
"It is sometimes asserted that commercial fertilizers tend to deplete the soil,
and there is some truth in this notion when they are used under certain ..."
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