DEPLETING

Verb

depleting

present participle of deplete

Source: Wiktionary


DEPLETE

De*plete", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depleted; p. pr. & vb. n. Depleting.] Etym: [From L. deplere to empty out; de- + plere to fill. Forined like replete, complete. See Fill, Full, a.]

1. (Med.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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