deprive of vitality (verb)

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• dehydrate — verb Date: 1876 transitive verb 1. a. to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water b. to remove water from (as foods) 2. to deprive of vitality or savor …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• devitalize — verb to deprive of vitality, make lifeless, weaken. See Also: devitalization …   Wiktionary

• castrate — transitive verb (castrated; castrating) Etymology: Latin castratus, past participle of castrare; akin to Greek keazein to split, Sanskrit śasati he slaughters Date: 1554 1. to render impotent or deprive of vitality especially by psy …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• devitalise — /diˈvaɪtəlaɪz/ (say dee vuytuhluyz) verb (t) (devitalised, devitalising) to deprive of vitality or vital properties; make lifeless or weak. Also, devitalize. –devitalisation /diˌvaɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ (say dee.vuytuhluy zayshuhn), noun …  

• petrifaction — petrify ► VERB (petrifies, petrified) 1) change (organic matter) into stone by encrusting or replacing its original substance with a mineral deposit. 2) paralyse with fear. 3) deprive of vitality. DERIVATIVES petrifaction noun petrification noun …   English terms dictionary

• petrification — petrify ► VERB (petrifies, petrified) 1) change (organic matter) into stone by encrusting or replacing its original substance with a mineral deposit. 2) paralyse with fear. 3) deprive of vitality. DERIVATIVES petrifaction noun petrification noun …   English terms dictionary

• petrify — ► VERB (petrifies, petrified) 1) change (organic matter) into stone by encrusting or replacing its original substance with a mineral deposit. 2) paralyse with fear. 3) deprive of vitality. DERIVATIVES petrifaction noun petrification noun …   English terms dictionary

• deaden — verb 1》 make (a noise or sensation) less intense.     ↘make insensitive. 2》 deprive of force or vitality. Derivatives deadener noun deadening adjective …   English new terms dictionary

• drain — verb 1》 cause the liquid in (something) to run out, leaving it empty or dry.     ↘(of liquid) run off or out.     ↘(of a river) carry off the superfluous water from (an area).     ↘become dry as liquid runs off.     ↘drink the entire contents of …   English new terms dictionary

• petrify — verb (petrifies, petrifying, petrified) 1》 [often as adjective petrified] paralyse with fear. 2》 change (organic matter) into stone by encrusting or replacing its original substance with a mineral deposit. 3》 deprive or become deprived of… …   English new terms dictionary

• JUDEO-ARABIC LITERATURE — JUDEO ARABIC LITERATURE, written in Arabic by Jews for Jews. It is written in an idiom which is linguistically closer to the spoken form of Arabic than is the idiom used in Muslim literature. It may plausibly be assumed that, prior to the rise of …   Encyclopedia of Judaism