Enfeeble
/ɪnˈfiːbəl/ verb
verb ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 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 make weak wordnet
Example
More examples"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.