enfeeble
verb (used with object)
to make feeble; weaken.
has enfeebled
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present perfectof enfeeble (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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His age, 86, has enfeebled him; his hand shakes from Parkinson's.
From Time Magazine Archive
It has enfeebled the stay-at-home folk till they are unable longer to struggle in the van of the competing nations.
From The People of the Abyss by Jack London
Jamieson has enfeebled the story in Popular Ballads, i.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various
Society has enfeebled man, not merely by robbing him of the right to his own strength, but still more by making his strength insufficient for his needs.
From Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Though he is a "war veter'n" with bullets in his side and leg and his century of life has enfeebled him, he roams the countryside about Uniontown continually, "settin' a spell" with his acquaintances.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration
