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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.