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Webster 1913 Edition

Enfeeble

En-fee′ble

,
Verb.
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.
Syn. – To weaken; debilitate; enervate.

Webster 1828 Edition

Enfeeble

ENFEE'BLE

,
Verb.
T.
[from feeble.] To deprive of strength; to reduce the strength or force of; to weaken; to debilitate; to enervate. Intemperance enfeebles the body, and induces premature infirmity. Excessive grief and melancholy enfeeble the mind. Long wars enfeeble a state.

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