exhaust Copy link Outline I. To draw off the entire contents of1. exhaurio, si, stum, 32. absūmo, 33. (in pass.) dēfĭcio, 3 (to be or become e.'d)II. To treat a subject completelyIII. To wear out the strength of • exhaust: I. To draw off the entire contents of: 1. exhaurio, si, stum, 3: to e. the treasury, aerarium ex., Cic.; also, omnem pecuniam ex aerario ex., Cic. Agr. 2, 36, 98: v. to empty. 2. absūmo, 3: v. to consume. 3. (in pass.) dēfĭcio, 3 (to be or become e.'d): v. to fail. Phr.: (fig.): so that the patience of some was e.'d., ut quidam patientiam rumperent, Suet. Tib. 24: that the patience of the hearer may not be e.'d, ne qui audiat defatigetur, Cic. (v. TO TIRE OUT). II. To treat a subject completely: Phr.: the question has been e.'d, toti quaestioni abunde satisfactum est, Cic. (cf. profligata jam haec et paene ad exitum adducta quaestio est, Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 15): to e. a subject in a speech, *omnia accurate exponere; nihil intactum relinquere (R. and A.); *totam rem accuratissime plenissimeque tractare. III. To wear out the strength of: dēbĭlĭto, dēfătīgo, confĭcio: v. TO WEAR OUT, enfeeble, weary. See also foll. art.