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weakening

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weak⋅en

  [wee-kuhn]
–verb (used with object)
1. to make weak or weaker.
2. Phonetics. to change (a speech sound) to an articulation requiring less effort, as from geminate to nongeminate or from stop to fricative.
–verb (used without object)
3. to become weak or weaker.
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Origin:
1520–30; weak + -en 1

Related forms:
weak⋅en⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1, 3. enfeeble, debilitate, enervate, undermine, sap, exhaust, deplete, lessen, diminish, lower, reduce, impair, minimize, invalidate.

Antonyms:
1, 3. strengthen.
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weak·en   (wē'kən)   
tr. & intr.v.   weak·ened, weak·en·ing, weak·ens
To make or become weak or weaker.
weak'en·er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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