STALE (3)

stale (3). Stale, v. to make water as a horse, to wear out

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Stale, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Staled (@stāld); p. pr. & vb. n. Staling.] To make vapid or tasteless; to destroy the life, beauty, or use of; to wear out. Age can not wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety. Shak.