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
If this colour is deep, it gives rise to a luminous complementary, such as orange, or yellow, and enfeebles the black; while the other complementaries, such as violet or green, strengthen and purify it.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter
Help from the outside may be convenient, but it enfeebles; all self-help invigorates.
From Increasing Personal Efficiency by Russell H. Conwell
This enfeebles the muscles of the back, and exhausts the nervous energy, while the erect position favors their development and power, because there is an alternate contraction and relaxation of the muscles.
From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Calvin Cutter
Not only does it hasten their decay to allow seeds to ripen, but materially enfeebles the entire plant.
From Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various
