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His age, 86, has enfeebled him; his hand shakes from Parkinson's.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yes, being with you has enfeebled my mind, and this must be put an end to,—there's enough of it; this will else do me mischief, I am sure.

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 by Sue, Eugène

I must sit down; for the idea of your perjury has enfeebled me so, that I cannot move.

From The Lawyers, A Drama in Five Acts by Iffland, Augustus William

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 Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

Jamieson has enfeebled the story in Popular Ballads, i.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various