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sapping |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sap \Sap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sapped}; p. pr & vb n. {Sapping}.] [F. saper (cf. Sp zapar, It zapare), fr sape a sort of scythe, LL sappa a sort of mattock.] 1. To subvert by digging or wearing away to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of Nor safe their dwellings were for sapped by floods, Their houses fell upon their household gods. --Dryden. 2. (Mil.) To pierce with saps. 3. To make unstable or infirm; to unsettle; to weaken. Ring out the grief that saps the mind. --Tennyson.
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