enfeeble
verb (used with object)
to make feeble; weaken.
enfeebles
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present tense formof enfeeble (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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But knowing the hallmarks of classic style will make anyone a better writer, and it is the strongest cure I know for the disease that enfeebles academic, bureaucratic, corporate, legal, and official prose.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
It impairs the functions of the brain, clouds the understanding, and enfeebles the memory.”—Dr.
From The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity by Charles Ebert Orr
The long-continued tension of a muscle enfeebles its action, and eventually destroys its contractility.
From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Calvin Cutter
It is rather red tape, and not the occasional snapping of red tape which enfeebles liberty.
From Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period by Furneaux Jordan
Habitual inaction enfeebles the faculties, and renders their occasional operation inefficient and fruitless.
From Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses by Joseph Cross
