enfeeble

[ en-fee-buhl ]

/ ɛnˈfi bəl /

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verb (used with object), en·fee·bled, en·fee·bling.

to make feeble; weaken: That bout of pneumonia enfeebled him.

OTHER WORDS FOR enfeeble

enervate, debilitate.

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Origin of enfeeble

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

OTHER WORDS FROM enfeeble

en·fee·ble·ment, nounenfeebler, nounun·en·fee·bled, adjective

Words nearby enfeeble

enface, en famille, enfant perdu, enfant sauvage, enfant terrible, enfeeble, enfeoff, en fête, enfetter, enfever, Enfield

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How to use enfeeble in a sentence

The abstention of a single sense from the coupling is enough to enfeeble the pleasure very greatly.
The Natural Philosophy of Love|Remy de Gourmont
Mere antiquarianism, Dr Arnold justly observes, is calculated to contract and enfeeble the understanding.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXVIII. February, 1843. Vol. LIII.|Various
It serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration.
From Farm House to the White House|William M. Thayer
The haze of years may magnify all the nobler outlines, while it conceals all that would enfeeble their dignity.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 356, June, 1845|Various

Breeding in and in, to a certainty, would enfeeble their intellects as surely as their constitutions.
Dog Breaking|William Nelson Hutchinson

British Dictionary definitions for enfeeble

enfeeble

/ (ɪnˈfiːbəl) /

verb

(tr) to make weak; deprive of strength

Derived forms of enfeeble

enfeeblement, nounenfeebler, noun

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