jading

Verb

jade (third-person singular simple present jades, present participle jading, simple past and past participle jaded)

1. (transitive) To fatigue, tire, or weary (someone or something).
   • [T]he Mind once jaded by an attempt above its Power, it either is diſabl'd for the future, or elſe checks at any vigorous Undertaking ever after, at leaſt is very hardly brought to exert its Force again on any Subject that requires Thought and Meditation.a. 1705, John Locke, “Of the Conduct of the Understanding”, in Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke: […], London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], published 1706, →OCLC, § 27, page 84

   Synonyms:

   beleaguer, exhaust, fatigue, fordo, do for, gas out, get down, knock up, poop, run someone ragged

2. (obsolete, transitive) To treat (someone or something) like a jade; to spurn.
   • The nere-yet beaten Horſe of Parthia, / We haue iaded out o'th' Field.c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
3. (obsolete, transitive) To make (someone or something) contemptible and ridiculous.
   • I do not now foole my ſelfe, to let imagination iade mee; for euery reaſon excites to this, that my Lady loues me.c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

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