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Webster 1913 Edition

Feeble

Fee′ble

(fē′b’l)
,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Feebler
(-blẽr)
;
sup
erl.
Feeblest
(-blĕst)
.]
[OE.
feble
, OF.
feble
,
flebe
,
floibe
,
floible
,
foible
, F.
faible
, L.
flebilis
to be wept over, lamentable, wretched, fr.
flere
to weep. Cf.
Foible
.]
1.
Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.
Carried all the
feeble
of them upon asses.
2 Chron. xxviii. 15.
2.
Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint;
as, a
feeble
color;
feeble
motion.
“A lady’s feeble voice.”
Shak.

Fee′ble

,
Verb.
T.
To make feble; to enfeeble.
[Obs.]
Shall that victorious hand be
feebled
here?
Shakespeare
–
Fee′ble-mind′ed-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Feeble

FEE'BLE

,
Adj.
[I know not the origin of the first syllable.]
1.
Weak; destitute of much physical strength; as, infants are feeble at their birth.
2.
Infirm; sickly; debilitated by disease.
3.
Debilitated by age or decline of life.
4.
Not full or loud; as a feeble voice or sound.
5.
Wanting force or vigor; as feeble efforts.
6.
Not bright or strong; faint; imperfect; as feeble light; feeble colors.
7.
Not strong or vigorous; as feeble powers of mind.
8.
Not vehement or rapid; slow; as feeble motion.

FEE'BLE

,
Verb.
T.
To weaken. [Not used. See Enfeeble.]

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