enfeeble
[ en-fee-buhl ]
/ ɛnˈfi bəl /
verb (used with object), en·fee·bled, en·fee·bling.
to make feeble; weaken: That bout of pneumonia enfeebled him.
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Origin of enfeeble
1300–50; Middle English
enfeblen<Old French
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feebleOTHER WORDS FROM enfeeble
en·fee·ble·ment, nounenfeebler, nounun·en·fee·bled, adjectiveDictionary.com Unabridged
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Words related to enfeeble
attenuate,
blunt,
cripple,
debilitate,
deplete,
devitalize,
diminish,
disable,
exhaust,
fatigue,
incapacitate,
sap,
undermine,
unhinge,
unnerve,
weaken,
wear out How to use enfeeble in a sentence
But by not bothering to run anyone, state Democratic parties remain enfeebled.
Nor does it make any sense for Saudi Arabia to turn to an enfeebled Europe, and the Saudis also know this all too well.
It has liberated the master as well as the slave from a relation which wronged and enfeebled both.
The invasion of chaotic, enfeebled Haiti was a short-term success.
The Middle East has a long history of strong nations fighting proxy wars on the territory of enfeebled ones.
A quick vision of death smote her soul, and for a second of time appalled and enfeebled her senses.
Old people declared that he reminded them of Hauge in his earlier days, before he had been enfeebled by persecution.
Vessels carrying his servants and baggage were dispersed by a storm, and the rough weather told upon his enfeebled frame.
His wife sorrowed over this new passion; her health, already much enfeebled, soon broke down.
I give th' old an' enfeebled English gintleman that carried me satchel a piece iv silver.
British Dictionary definitions for enfeeble
verb
(tr) to make weak; deprive of strength
Derived forms of enfeeble
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