About The Word Enfeeble
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Enfeeble
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What's The Definition Of Enfeeble?
[v] make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Enfeeble: debilitate | drain Related Terms | Find terms related to Enfeeble: abate | afflict | attenuate | blunt | bugger | cramp | cripple | damp | dampen | deaden | debilitate | de-energize | derange | devitalize | disable | disenable | disorder | drain | dull | enervate | eviscerate | exhaust | extenuate | gruel | hamstring | hors de combat | hospitalize | inactivate | incapacitate | indispose | invalid | kibosh | lame | lay low | lay up | maim | mitigate | put | queer | queer the works | rattle | reduce | sabotage | sap | shake | shake up | sicken | soften up | spike | unbrace | undermine | unfit | unman | unnerve | unstrengthen | unstring | weaken | wing | wreck See Also | emaciate | macerate | waste | weaken Enfeeble In Webster's Dictionary \En*fee"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enfeebled}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Enfeebling}.] [OF. enfeblir, enfeiblir; pref. en- (L.
in) + feble, F. faible, feeble. See {Feeble}.]
To make feeble; to deprive of strength; to reduce the
strength or force of; to weaken; to debilitate.
Enfeebled by scanty subsistence and excessive toil.
--Prescott.
Syn: To weaken; debilitate; enervate.
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