depletes

We have found lemma(root) word of depletes : deplete.

Definitions


[dɪˈpliːt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- use up the supply or resources of
(e.g: reservoirs have been depleted by years of drought)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 19th century (earlier (mid. 17th century) as depletion): from Latin deplet- ‘emptied out’, from the verb deplere, from de- (expressing reversal) + plere ‘fill’ (from plenus ‘full’)




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