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Enfeeble
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb Enfeeble has 1 sense
- enfeeble(v = verb.change) debilitate, drain - make weak; "Life in the camp drained him" is one way to weaken
Derived form noun enfeeblement1
Sample sentence:
The performance is likely to Enfeeble Sue
CIDE DICTIONARY
Enfeeble, v. t. [OF. enfeblir, enfeiblir; pref. en- (L. in) + feble, F. faible, feeble. See Feeble.].
To make feeble; to deprive of strength; to reduce the strength or force of; to weaken; to debilitate. [1913 Webster]
"Enfeebled by scanty subsistence and excessive toil."
Syn. -- To weaken; debilitate; enervate.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Enfeeble, v.tr. make feeble.
Derivative
enfeeblement n.
Etymology
ME f. OF enfeblir (as EN-(1), FEEBLE)
THESAURUS
Enfeeble
abate, afflict, attenuate, blunt, bugger, cramp, cripple, damp, dampen, de-energize, deaden, debilitate, derange, devitalize, disable, disenable, disorder, drain, dull, enervate, eviscerate, exhaust, extenuate, gruel, hamstring, hors de combat, hospitalize, inactivate, incapacitate, indispose, invalid, kibosh, lame, lay low, lay up, maim, mitigate, put, queer, queer the works, rattle, reduce, sabotage, sap, shake, shake up, sicken, soften up, spike, unbrace, undermine, unfit, unman, unnerve, unstrengthen, unstring, weaken, wing, wreckROGET THESAURUS
Enfeeble
Weakness
VB be weak, drop, crumble, give way, totter, tremble, shake, halt, limp, fade, languish, decline, flag, fail, have one leg in the grave, render weak, weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, shake, deprive of strength, relax, enervate, eviscerate, unbrace, unnerve, cripple, unman, cramp, reduce, sprain, strain, blunt the edge of, dilute, impoverish, decimate, extenuate, reduce in strength, reduce the strength of, mettre de l'eau dans son vin.
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