( v. t. )
To impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition, scraping, percussion, on the like; to consume gradually; to cause to lower or disappear; to spend.
( v. t. )
To impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition, scraping, percussion, on the like; to consume gradually; to cause to lower or disappear; to spend.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012