— depletable , adj. — depletion , n. — depletive, depletory /di plee"teuh ree/ , adj.
/di pleet"/ , v.t., depleted, depleting .
to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance or supply of: The fire had depleted the game in the forest. Extravagant spending soon depleted his funds.
[ 1800-10; depletus empty (ptp. of deplere to empty out), equiv. to de- DE- + ple ( re ) to FILL + -tus ptp. suffix ]
Syn . use up, drain, reduce, consume, lessen.