enfeeble
verb (used with object)
to make feeble; weaken.
have enfeebled
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present perfectof enfeeble.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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In previous winters he had been wont to undergo a good deal of martyrdom from the London climate, but never in such a degree as now; mental illness seemed to have enfeebled his body.
From New Grub Street by George Gissing
It will thus be seen that whatever diseases may have enfeebled Father Hecker's body, his spirit suffered from a malady known only to great souls—thirst for God.
From Life of Father Hecker by Walter Elliott
But the disease, which has shattered his nervous system for the time, seemed not to have enfeebled his mind.
From Opening Ceremonies of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge, May 24, 1883 by William C. Kingsley
The feeble health of the President is supposed to have enfeebled his intellect, and if this be so, of course he would not be likely to discover and admit it.
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones
These means would have enfeebled the gymnoti; the Indians therefore told us, that they would 'fish with horses.'
From Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. by Various
