transitive. To cause to languish. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > cause to lose vitality or vigour (14) languisha1464 transitive. To cause to languish. Obsolete. castrate1554 transferred and figurative. To deprive of vigour, force, or vitality; to mortify. damp1564 transitive. To affect with ‘damp’, to stifle, choke, extinguish; to dull, deaden (fire, sound, etc.). Also figurative. dead1586 figurative. To deprive of some form of vitality; to deaden. Also as adjective deaded. To deprive of force or vigour. flag1602 transitive. Hence To allow or cause to become languid; to be tardy in prosecuting (a purpose); to deprive of vigour, animation, or energy; to… wooden1641 (transitive) (a) to render wooden; (b) Australian and New Zealand slang, to render insensible; to knock unconscious; also const. out. dispirit1647 transitive. To deprive of essential quality, vigour, or force; to weaken to deprive of animation; to deprive (liquor) of its spirit, to render flat… deaden1684 figurative. To deprive of vitality, force, or sensibility; to benumb, to dull. disvigorate1694 transitive. To deprive of vigour or strength. devitalize1849 transitive. To deprive of vitality or vital qualities; to render lifeless or effete. narcotize1852 transitive. To make less sensitive, to dull or deaden; spec. to dull the senses of (a person, community, etc.). Also intransitive. wilt1855 transitive. To cause to become limp; to deprive of stiffness, energy, vigour, or spirit. woodenize1877 (transitive) = 2a. abirritate1882 transitive. To diminish the irritability of; to devitalize. Cf. abirritation, n. |
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