English Explanatory Dictionary

wasten

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To make or become waste (i.e. barren, dejected, dismal, feeble, or sickly) or wasted

Word forms

wasten wastens wastening wastened

Etymology

From waste (“empty, barren, dejected, dismal”, adjective) + -en.

Synonyms

weaken wane
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