Hypertext Webster Gateway: "deplete"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Deplete \De*plete"\, v. 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}, a.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
deplete
v : use up, as of resources or materials; "this car consumes a
lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run
through 20 bottles of wine a week" [syn: {consume}, {eat
up}, {use up}, {eat}, {exhaust}, {run through}, {wipe out}]
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