| become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor | make lively |
| make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation | heighten or intensify |
| lessen the momentum or velocity of | |
| make vapid or deprive of spirit | |
| convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil | |
| make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible | |
| cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients | |