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Antonyms for sapped

Grammar : Verb
Spell : sap
Phonetic Transcription : sæp

Definition of sapped

Origin :
  • "liquid in a plant," Old English sæpm from Proto-Germanic *sapam (cf. Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, Dutch sap, Old High German saf, German Saft "juice"), from PIE *sab- "juice, fluid" (cf. Latin sapere "to taste"), from root *sab- "juice, fluid" (cf. Sanskrit sabar- "sap, milk, nectar," Irish sug, Russian soku "sap," Lithuanian sakas "tree-gum"). As a verb meaning "To drain the sap from," 1725.
  • verb squeeze out; weaken
Example sentences :
  • He reeled like a drunkard, sapped of strength, and then the end came quickly.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Cesare Borgia » by Raphael Sabatini
  • The South Sea bubble has sapped the confidence in the government of all men of weight.
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
  • The relentless, menacing tone chilled him and sapped his self-control.
  • Extract from : « Australia Revenged » by Boomerang
  • It was as if his love had sapped the invisible supports of his strength.
  • Extract from : « Within the Tides » by Joseph Conrad
  • Long contact with misfortune had sapped the natural resiliency of his character.
  • Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson
  • Sensual indulgence had sapped the very foundations of his character.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Henry Martyn Baird
  • He was very hungry, for that adventure in the lagoon had sapped his strength.
  • Extract from : « Storm Over Warlock » by Andre Norton
  • This was not the girl he knew, but an Oliva Cresswell from whom all vitality and life had been sapped.
  • Extract from : « The Green Rust » by Edgar Wallace
  • Moreover this touch of a not repulsive worldliness in her sapped some of my scruples.
  • Extract from : « The King's Mirror » by Anthony Hope
  • But while Pitt sapped the approaches to the citadel, Loughborough countermined him.
  • Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose

Synonyms for sapped

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