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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press: exhaust /ɪgˈzɔːst, ɛg-/ ▶verb 1 (often as adj. exhausted or exhausting ) tire out completely. 3 expel (gas or steam) from an engine or other machine. ▶noun waste gases or air expelled from an engine or other machine. ■ the system through which waste gases are expelled.
– derivatives exhaustedly adverb , exhauster noun , exhaustibility /-ˈbɪlɪti/ noun , exhaustible adjective , exhaustingly adverb .
– origin C16 : from L. exhaust- , exhaurire ‘drain out’.
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