Meaning of ENFEEBLE
| Pronunciation: | | en'feebul
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| | Definition: | | [v] make weak; "Life in the camp drained him" |
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| | Synonyms: | | debilitate, drain |
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| | See Also: | | emaciate, macerate, waste, weaken | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \En*fee"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enfeebled}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Enfeebling}.] [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.
Enfeebled by scanty subsistence and excessive toil.
--Prescott.
Syn: To weaken; debilitate; enervate.
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| | Related Terms: | | abate, afflict, attenuate, blunt, bugger, cramp, cripple, damp, dampen, deaden, debilitate, de-energize, 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, wreck |
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