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† eˈxhaustment Obs. rare. [f. exhaust v. + -ment.] The action or means of exhausting; the state of being exhausted; an instance of the same, a ‘drain’ of money.
1621Bp. G. Williams in Cabala (1654) 55 This Bishoprick being..meanly endowed in regard of the continual charge, and exhaustments of the place. 1648Petit. Eastern Assoc. 22 We can see no possible end of our exhaustments. |