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fatiguing

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fa·tigue  (f-tg)
n.
1. Physical or mental weariness resulting from exertion.
2. Something, such as tiring effort or activity, that causes weariness: the fatigue of a long hike.
3. Physiology The decreased capacity or complete inability of an organism, an organ, or a part to function normally because of excessive stimulation or prolonged exertion.
4. The weakening or failure of a material, such as metal or wood, resulting from prolonged stress.
5.
a. Manual or menial labor, such as barracks cleaning, assigned to soldiers.
b. fatigues Clothing worn by military personnel for labor or for field duty.
v. fa·tigued, fa·tigu·ing, fa·tigues
v.tr.
1. To tire with physical or mental exertion; weary.
2. To create fatigue in (a metal or other material).
v.intr.
To be or become fatigued. See Synonyms at tire1.

[French, from Old French, from fatiguer, to fatigue, from Latin fatgre.]
Translations
fatiguing [fəˈtiːgɪŋ] ADJfatigoso
fatiguing [fəˈtiːgɪŋ] adj (= exhausting) → épuisant(e)
fatiguing
adj (= tiring)ermüdend; (= exhausting)erschöpfend


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But I had just returned from a fatiguing journey, weary and longing for repose.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
Yes, if you don't object to walking four miles - or nearly so - little short of eight miles, there and back - and over a somewhat rough, fatiguing road.
 
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