Enfeeble

//ɪnˈfiːbəl// verb

verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make feeble. transitive

    "1774, Dr Samuel Johnson, Preface to the Works of the English Poets, J. Nichols, Volume II, Page 130, "...the gout, with which he had long been tormented, prevailed over the enfeebled powers of nature.""

  2. 2
    make weak wordnet

Synonyms

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weakenabateafflictattenuatebluntbugger

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"1774, Dr Samuel Johnson, Preface to the Works of the English Poets, J. Nichols, Volume II, Page 130, "...the gout, with which he had long been tormented, prevailed over the enfeebled powers of nature.""

Etymology

From Middle English enfeblen, from Old French enfeblir. Constructed like en- + feeble.

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