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
The effects of the heat, moreover, are aggravated by the humidity of the atmosphere, so that it saps the vitality and enfeebles the stoutest constitution.
From The Outlook: Uncle Sam's Place and Prospects in International Politics by Newton Macmillan
Overloading the stomach with strong meats in the summer season not only induces thirst but positively enfeebles the body and hurts the digestion.
From The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886 by Charles Peters
Or it is the heart, which hastens or slackens its beats, or makes them irregular, or enfeebles, or augments them.
From The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps by Alfred Binet
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
