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exhausted, ppl. a.|ɛgˈzɔːstɪd|
[f. exhaust v. + -ed1.]
In senses of vb.
1. Consumed, used up, expended.
1656–81Blount Glossogr., Exhausted, drawn out, emptyed, consumed. 1701Rowe Amb. Step-moth. iii. i, Fresh Supplies renew th' exhausted Stores.
2. Emptied of contents; chiefly said of a vessel or receiver: Emptied of air.
1667Boyle in Phil. Trans. II. 583 In one exhausted Receiver, I had observed [etc.]. c1790J. Imison Sch. Art I. 69 To prevent any air from getting into the exhausted glass. 1801Southey Thalaba i. xxi, Exhausted mines Supplied their golden store. 1869M. Somerville Molec. Sc. I. i. ii. 39 The whole amount of radiant heat that passed thro' the exhausted tube.
3. Of air, soil, etc.: Deprived of essential properties; effete, ‘spent’, worn out. Also, deprived of resources, completely impoverished.
1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. (1729) 230 The Funnel..which carries up..the..exhausted Air of the Green-house. 1719London & Wise Compl. Gard. Advt. 9 Take out all the old, worn out, or exhausted Earth. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. III. 177 The revenue of exhausted provinces. 1832H. Martineau Ireland i. 14 He had grown potatoes: but the soil became exhausted. 1858Greener Gunnery 17 We still fruitlessly fall back on exhausted principles.
4. Of persons or living things: Having one's strength, energy, etc. used up; tired out.
1667Milton P.L. vi. 852 Fire..that..of thir wonted vigour left them draind, Exhausted. 1796Burney Metastasio II. 296 A tired and exhausted individual, loaded with years. 18..Parl. Deb., Lord Holland did not mean to discuss the subject at any length in the present exhausted state of the House. 1846Peel Sp. 28 June in McCarthy Own Times (1879) I. 412 When [working men] shall recreate their exhausted strength with abundant and untaxed food. 1881M. E. Herbert Edith 1 The exhausted cart and cab horses staggered under their loads.
Hence eˈxhaustedly adv., in an exhausted manner. eˈxhaustedness, exhausted state or condition, worn out condition.
1835New Monthly Mag. XLIII. 161 The poor beasts..toiled exhaustedly on. 1883Cable Dr. Sevier vi, Her..skirt dropping between her knees, and her hands pressed on them exhaustedly. 1840Fraser's Mag. XXI. 713 The disquietude of utter prostration and exhaustedness produced by the application of violent remedies. |
