Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To deprive of life; render inert or unconscious.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To render lifeless.

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Examples

  • [50] One must not be misled by popular statements in this connection, such as this of Professor Owen's: "There are organisms which we can devitalize and revitalize -- devive and revive -- many times."

    Natural Law in the Spiritual World Henry Drummond 1874

  • If all one is interested in is a media devive with wi-fi, the iPod touch would be cheaper after two months of the least expensive ATT plan.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Digg 2008

  • If all one is interested in is a media devive with wi-fi, the iPod touch would be cheaper after two months of the least expensive ATT plan.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Digg 2008

  • If all one is interested in is a media devive with wi-fi, the iPod touch would be cheaper after two months of the least expensive ATT plan.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Digg 2008

  • If all one is interested in is a media devive with wi-fi, the iPod touch would be cheaper after two months of the least expensive ATT plan.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Digg 2008

  • If all one is interested in is a media devive with wi-fi, the iPod touch would be cheaper after two months of the least expensive ATT plan.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Digg 2008

  • If all one is interested in is a media devive with wi-fi, the iPod touch would be cheaper after two months of the least expensive ATT plan.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Digg 2008

  • If all one is interested in is a media devive with wi-fi, the iPod touch would be cheaper after two months of the least expensive ATT plan.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Digg 2008

  • If all one is interested in is a media devive with wi-fi, the iPod touch would be cheaper after two months of the least expensive ATT plan.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Digg 2008

  • If all one is interested in is a media devive with wi-fi, the iPod touch would be cheaper after two months of the least expensive ATT plan.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Digg 2008

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