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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FATIGUE, n. fatee'g. [L. fatigo. it seems to be allied to fatisco; if so, the sense is a yielding or relaxing.]
1. Weariness with bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength. We suffer fatigue of the mind as well as of the body.
2. The cause of weariness; labor; toil; as the fatigues of war.
3. The labors of military men, distinct from the use of arms; as a party of men on fatigue.
FATIGUE, v.t. fatee'g. [L. fatigo.]
1. To tire; to weary with labor or any bodily or mental exertion; to harass with toil; to exhaust the strength by severe or long continued exertion.
2. To weary by importunity; to harass.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work; "he was hospitalized for extreme fatigue"; "growing fatigue was apparent from the decline in the execution of their athletic skills"; "weariness overcame her after twelve hours and she fell asleep" [syn: fatigue, weariness, tiredness]
2: used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress; "metal fatigue"
3: (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something; "he was suffering from museum fatigue"; "after watching TV with her husband she had a bad case of football fatigue"; "the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue"; "political fatigue"
4: labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on); "the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson"; "they were assigned to kitchen fatigues" [syn: fatigue duty, fatigue] v
1: lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food" [syn: tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade]
2: exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" [syn: tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue] [ant: freshen, refresh, refreshen]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, from fatiguer to fatigue, from Latin fatigare; akin to Latin affatim sufficiently Date: 1669 1. a. labor b. manual or menial work performed by military personnel c. plural the uniform or work clothing worn on fatigue and in the field 2. a. weariness or exhaustion from labor, exertion, or stress b. the temporary loss of power to respond that is induced in a sensory receptor or motor end organ by continued stimulation 3. the tendency of a material to break under repeated stress <metal fatigue> II. verb (fatigued; fatiguing) Date: 1693 transitive verb 1. to weary with labor or exertion 2. to induce a condition of fatigue in intransitive verb to suffer fatigue Synonyms: see tire • fatiguingly adverb III. adjective Date: 1774 1. consisting of, done, or used in fatigue <fatigue detail> 2. belonging to fatigues <a fatigue cap>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 extreme tiredness after exertion. 2 weakness in materials, esp. metal, caused by repeated variations of stress. 3 a reduction in the efficiency of a muscle, organ, etc., after prolonged activity. 4 an activity that causes fatigue. 5 a a non-military duty in the army, often as a punishment. b (in full fatigue-party) a group of soldiers ordered to do fatigues. --v.tr. (fatigues, fatigued, fatiguing) cause fatigue in; tire, exhaust. Derivatives: fatiguable adj. (also fatigable). fatiguability n. (also fatigability). fatigueless adj. Etymology: F fatigue, fatiguer f. L fatigare tire out

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fatigue Fa*tigue", n. [F., fr. fatiguer to fatigue, L. fatigare; cf. L. affatim sufficiently.] 1. Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength. 2. The cause of weariness; labor; toil; as, the fatigues of war. --Dryden. 3. The weakening of a metal when subjected to repeated vibrations or strains. Fatigue call (Mil.), a summons, by bugle or drum, to perform fatigue duties. Fatigue dress, the working dress of soldiers. Fatigue duty (Mil.), labor exacted from soldiers aside from the use of arms. --Farrow. Fatigue party, a party of soldiers on fatigue duty.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fatigue Fa*tigue", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fatigued; p. pr. & vb. n. Fatiguing, n.] [Cf. F. fatiguer. See Fatigue, n.] To weary with labor or any bodily or mental exertion; to harass with toil; to exhaust the strength or endurance of; to tire. Syn: To jade; tire; weary; bore. See Jade.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(fatigues) 1. Fatigue is a feeling of extreme physical or mental tiredness. She continued to have severe stomach cramps, aches, fatigue, and depression... Clarke says his team could have lasted another 15 days before fatigue would have begun to take a toll. N-UNCOUNT 2. You can say that people are suffering from a particular kind of fatigue when they have been doing something for a long time and feel they can no longer continue to do it. ...compassion fatigue caused by endless TV and celebrity appeals. ...the result of four months of battle fatigue. N-UNCOUNT: with supp, usu n N 3. Fatigues are clothes that soldiers wear when they are fighting or when they are doing routine jobs. He never expected to return home wearing US combat fatigues. N-PLURAL 4. Fatigue in metal or wood is a weakness in it that is caused by repeated stress. Fatigue can cause the metal or wood to break. The problem turned out to be metal fatigue in the fuselage. N-UNCOUNT: usu n N

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Weariness, lassitude, exhaustion. 2. Labor, toil, hardship. 3. (Mil.) Extra duty (distinct from that of arms). II. v. a. Tire, weary, exhaust, jade, fag.

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