Verb

(deplet)

To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.

To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc.

* 2007 . Zerzan, John. Silence .

Its reserves have been invaded and depleted .

Verb

(en verb)

To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.

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, author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter , title=The British Longitude Act Reconsidered , volume=100, issue=2, page=87 , magazine= citation , passage=But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.}}