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enfeeble

[ en-fee-buhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, en·fee·bled, en·fee·bling.

to make feeble; weaken:
That bout of pneumonia enfeebled him.
Synonyms: debilitate, enervate

enfeeble

/ ɪnˈfiːbəl /

1300–50; Middle English enfeblen < Old French enfeblir. See en- ¹, feeble

The abstention of a single sense from the coupling is enough to enfeeble the pleasure very greatly.

Mere antiquarianism, Dr Arnold justly observes, is calculated to contract and enfeeble the understanding.

It serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration.

The haze of years may magnify all the nobler outlines, while it conceals all that would enfeeble their dignity.

Breeding in and in, to a certainty, would enfeeble their intellects as surely as their constitutions.

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