Depleting

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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     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.
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