Exhaust

(egz-hawst'), v. t. [imp. & p. p. EXHAUSTED; p. pr. & vb. n. EXHAUSTING.] [Lat. ex-haurire, exhaustum, from ex, out of, from, and haurire, to draw, especially water.]

1Sense 1. To draw out or drain off completely, as to exhaust the water of a well. “The moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.”

2Sense 2. To empty by drawing out the contents; as, to exhaust a well of its water, or a treasury of its contents.

3Sense 3. To use, employ, or expend entirely; to bring out or develop completely; to consume entirely; to expend or consume the whole strength of; to wear out; to weary; as, to exhaust one's strength or patience.

A decrepit, exhausted old man at fifty-five. Motley.

4Sense 4. To draw forth; to excite. [Obs.]

Spare not the babe, Whose dimpled smiles from fools exhaust their mercy. Shak.

Synonyms—To spend; consume; tire out; weary;