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Webster 1913 Edition


Deplete

De-plete′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Depleted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Depleting
.]
[From L.
deplere
to empty out;
de-
+
plere
to fill. Forined like
replete
,
complete
. See
Fill
,
Full
,
Adj.
]
1.
(Med.)
To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
Copland.
2.
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.
Saturday Review.

Definition 2024


deplete

deplete

English

Verb

deplete (third-person singular simple present depletes, present participle depleting, simple past and past participle depleted)

  1. To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
  2. 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.
    • 2007. Zerzan, John. Silence.
      Its reserves have been invaded and depleted.

Antonyms

Translations


Italian

Adjective

deplete

  1. feminine plural of depleto

Latin

Verb

dēplēte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēpleō