Deprive+of+vigor

  • 21emasculate — e•mas•cu•late v. [[t]ɪˈmæs kyəˌleɪt[/t]] adj. [[t] lɪt, ˌleɪt[/t]] v. lat•ed, lat•ing, adj. 1) to castrate 2) to deprive of strength or vigor; weaken 3) deprived of strength or vigor; gelded • Etymology: 1600–10; < L ēmasculātus, ptp. of… …

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  • 22MUSIC — This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction written sources of direct and circumstantial evidence the material relics and iconography notated sources oral tradition archives and important collections of jewish music… …

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  • 23Dead — Dead, v. t. To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Heaven s stern decree, With many an ill, hath numbed and deaded me. Chapman. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 24Deaden — Dead en (d[e^]d n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deadened} (d[e^]d nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Deadening}.] [From {Dead}; cf. AS. d?dan to kill, put to death. See {Dead}, a.] 1. To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the… …

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  • 25Deadened — Deaden Dead en (d[e^]d n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deadened} (d[e^]d nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Deadening}.] [From {Dead}; cf. AS. d?dan to kill, put to death. See {Dead}, a.] 1. To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to… …

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  • 26Deadening — Deaden Dead en (d[e^]d n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deadened} (d[e^]d nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Deadening}.] [From {Dead}; cf. AS. d?dan to kill, put to death. See {Dead}, a.] 1. To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to… …

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  • 27Fade — Fade, v. t. To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away. [1913 Webster] No winter could his laurels fade. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 28Starve — Starve, v. t. 1. To destroy with cold. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] From beds of raging fire, to starve in ice Their soft ethereal warmth. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To kill with hunger; as, maliciously to starve a man is, in law, murder. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 29devitalize — transitive verb Date: 1849 to deprive of life, vigor, or effectiveness • devitalization noun …

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  • 30etiolate — transitive verb ( lated; lating) Etymology: French étioler Date: 1791 1. to bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight 2. a. to make pale b. to deprive of natural vigor ; make feeble • etiolation noun …

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