| deplete | 1. <medicine> To empty or unload, as the vessels of 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. Origin: From L. Deplere to empty out; de- + plere to fill. Forined like replete, complete. See Fill, Full. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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