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sap1 (săp)

[Middle English, from Old English sæp.]

noun 

    1. The watery fluid that circulates through a plant, carrying food and other substances to the various tissues.
    2. The fluid contents of a plant cell vacuole.
  2. An essential bodily fluid.
  3. Health and energy; vitality.
  4. Slang A gullible person; a dupe.
  5. A leather-covered hand weapon; a blackjack.

transitive verb: sapped, sap·ping, saps. 

  1. To drain of sap.
  2. To hit or knock out with a sap.
sap2 (săp)

[Obsolete French sappe, or Italian zappa, hoe, from Old French, Old Italian, both from Late Latin sappa.]

noun 

A covered trench or tunnel dug to a point near or within an enemy position.

verb: sapped, sap·ping, saps. 

transitive verb 

  1. To undermine the foundations of (a fortification).
  2. To deplete or weaken gradually.

intransitive verb 

To dig a sap.