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enfeeble

verb
/ɪnˈfiːbəl/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from enfeblir
  2. inherited from enfeblen

Definitions

  1. To make feeble.

    • 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."
    • In the face of enfeebled, self-harming opposition on both sides of the border (and a miserable economic recession on both sides too) he has performed brilliantly.
    • The Republican-appointed justices may yet enfeeble the executive branch’s ability to implement federal law.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA