Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To weary or tire.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare To weary or tire out; to fatigue.
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- adjective obsolete, rare
Weary ; fatigued - verb rare To tire or make
weary
Etymologies
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From Latin verb defatigare and adjective defatigatus.
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Examples
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And therefore to tarry this messenger any longer at this time I thought but folly, for that I shall be ready sooner at night if it please her Highness to understand what answer she will make to my suit; or if it will not be known this night, as I doubt, for her Grace is as it were ever defatigate with her late business in dispatching the King of Bohemia's ambassadors, I shall know as soon as I may what her Grace's determination shall be; and that known, I shall with all expedition intimate the same unto you, that so the poor man may be certified of her Grace's pleasure.
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