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Webster 1913 Edition


Defatigate

De-fat′i-gate

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
defatigatus
, p. p. of
defatigare
;
de-
+
fatigare
to weary. See
Fatigue
.]
To weary or tire out; to fatigue.
[R.]
Sir T. Herbert.

Definition 2024


defatigate

defatigate

English

Adjective

defatigate (comparative more defatigate, superlative most defatigate)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Weary; fatigued
    • 1662, William Clark, Marciano; or, the Discovery, 1871 reprint edition, page 19:
      Let us then passe the Pomeridian hours in obambulation: for I am defatigate with session.

Verb

defatigate (third-person singular simple present defatigates, present participle defatigating, simple past and past participle defatigated)

  1. (rare) To tire or make weary
    • 1947, Alan Patrick Herbert, Topsy Turvy, page 66:
      I must say there is something to be said, don't you agree darling, and I rather hope they'll internationalize the cosmic wireless and save us from some of this defatigating news.

Derived terms


Latin

Verb

dēfatīgāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēfatīgō