enfeeble
verb (used with object)
to make feeble; weaken.
enfeebled
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past participleof enfeeble.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof enfeeble.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
enfeebleverb (used with object)to make feeble; weaken.
Example Sentences
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She has traveled to Kyiv aiming to set up partnerships between enfeebled German automobile and machine makers—industries that currently shed 15,000 specialist jobs a month—and Ukrainian arms companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026
She engenders compassion as Elisabeth grapples with her aging body, and a scene where she is enfeebled and struggles to get out of a chair is both achingly painful and achingly funny.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2024
Added to this, Congress, which governed India for decades, looks enfeebled and in decline.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2024
The attacks by the Mossi and Tuareg squeezed the enfeebled Malian Empire from the north and east.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
The tree was not only stripped by the cold season, it seemed weary from age, enfeebled, dry.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
