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Word: Fatigue
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘task that causes weariness’): from French fatigue (noun), fatiguer (verb), from Latin fatigare ‘tire out’, from ad fatim, affatim ‘to satiety or surfeit’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
fəˈtiːɡ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
cause (someone) to feel exhausted
Short Definition:cause to feel fatigue
Examples:- they were fatigued by their journey
Definition:
weaken (a metal or other material) by repeated variations of stress
Short Definition:weaken metal or other material
Examples:- the nails have become rusted through or fatigued
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