act of wasting away
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decline — I noun abatement, act of crumbling, act of dwindling, act of falling away, act of lessening, act of losing ground, act of shrinking, act of slipping back, act of wasting away, act of weakening, act of worsening, atrophy, backward step, cheapening … Law dictionary
Absumption — Ab*sump tion ([a^]b*s[u^]mp sh[u^]n; 215), n. [L. absumptio. See {Absume}.] Act of wasting away; a consuming; extinction. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
A Trick to Catch the Old One — is a Jacobean comedy written by Thomas Middleton, first published in 1608. The play is a satire in the sub genre of city comedy.The play was entered into the Stationers Register on Oct. 7, 1607 by the printer George Eld, and published by him in… … Wikipedia
φθίσει — φθίσις wasting away fem nom/voc/acc dual (attic epic) φθίσεϊ , φθίσις wasting away fem dat sg (epic) φθίσις wasting away fem dat sg (attic ionic) φθίω ks̥i aor subj act 3rd sg (epic) φθί̱σει , φθίω ks̥i aor subj act 3rd sg (epic) φθί̱σει , φθίω… … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
waste — I. noun Etymology: Middle English waste, wast; in sense 1, from Anglo French wast, from wast, gast, guast, adjective, desolate, waste, from Latin vastus; in other senses, from Middle English wasten to waste more at vast Date: 13th century 1. a. a … New Collegiate Dictionary
consumption — 1. The using up of something, especially the rate at which it is used. 2. Obsolete term for a wasting of the tissues of the body, usually tuberculous. [L. con sumo, pp. sumptus, to take up wholly, use up, waste] oxygen c. (VO2) 1. (Qo or Qo2),… … Medical dictionary