épuiser

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French

Etymology

From é- +‎ puiser.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.pɥi.ze/
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Verb

épuiser (transitive)

  1. (of liquid) to dry up
    Synonym: tarir
    épuiser une fontaine à force d’en tirer de l’eau
    to dry up a spring by dragging water from it
    L’armée était si nombreuse que partout où elle campait elle épuisait les fontaines et les ruisseaux.
    The army was so numerous that wherever it camped, it dried up the springs and creeks.
  2. (of liquid) to squeeze out
  3. (by extension, of energy, resources, etc.) to exhaust, to wear out
    Synonym: tarir
    Avec ce hiver rigoureux, notre provision de bois s’est épuisée avant le retour du printemps.
    With the harsh winter, our wood supplies were exhausted before the return of spring.
    Ma patience va commencer à s’épuiser.
    My patience is going to start running out.
    Sur ce sujet, c’est un spécialiste que vous ne saurez épuiser.
    On this subject, he is a specialist who you can never exhaust.
    • 1886, Octave Mirbeau, Le Colporteur:
      Ils devaient être épuisés de fatigue, car ils dormaient profondément, l’un près de l’autre, allongés, les bras collés au corps, comme des cadavres.
      They must have been worn out by fatigue, because they slept deeply, one next to the other, stretched out, arms stuck to the body like corpses.

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Descendants

  • Dalmatian: episar
  • Romanian: epuiza

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