Antonyms for deplete

Grammar : Verb

Spell : dih-pleet

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈplit

Definition of deplete

Origin : 1807, back-formation from depletion. Related: Depleted; depleting.

verb consume, exhaust supply

Example sentences :

We deplete the colony for what is in reality only a handful of men, while it means much to us.
Extract from : « Six Letters From the Colonies » by Robert Seaton

To do this habitually is to so deplete the forces of the spirit that one has nothing left.
Extract from : « The Life Radiant » by Lilian Whiting

We had to deplete our ship's company again by putting a prize-crew on board.
Extract from : « Barney Blake, The Boy Privateer » by Herrick Johnstone

Now to deplete is to check growth by abstracting the very source of nutriment.
Extract from : « The Horse's Mouth » by Edward Mayhew

Even the German invasion at the beginning of the war failed to deplete this stock.
Extract from : « The A.E.F. » by Heywood Broun

After the harvest was ended the father began to deplete his farm.
Extract from : « The White Peacock » by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

It is only when a "giving out" is accompanied by a "looking in" that it can ever deplete.
Extract from : « Outwitting Our Nerves » by Josephine A. Jackson and Helen M. Salisbury

He does not deplete himself by drugs, rivalry, strife or anger.
Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 2 of 14 » by Elbert Hubbard

Francis says I have congestion, and I must live low, deplete, and take pills.
Extract from : « James Fenimore Cooper » by Mary E. Phillips

It would have been dangerous to deplete the firing line further.
Extract from : « In the Field (1914-1915) » by Marcel Dupont

Synonyms for deplete

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