About The Word Weaken
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What's The Definition Of Weaken?
[v] become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
[v] lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body" [v] reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis" [v] lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall" [v] destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war" Synonyms | Synonyms for Weaken: counteract | countermine | damp | de-escalate | sabotage | soften | step down | subvert | undermine Related Terms | Find terms related to Weaken: See Also | alter | attenuate | blunt | blur | break | castrate | change | collapse | cripple | cut | dampen | deaden | deafen | debilitate | decrease | de-energise | de-energize | depress | derail | devitalise | devitalize | die down | dilute | dim | disobey | drain | dull | emasculate | enervate | enfeeble | etiolate | fade | fade out | languish | lessen | loose | loosen | melt | minify | mollify | negate | neutralise | neutralize | nullify | pall | pine away | rarefy | reduce | relax | season | shake | slack | slacken | slow | slow down | slow up | slur | stultify | subside | temper | thin | thin out | unbrace | wash out | waste | weaken | wilt Weaken In Webster's Dictionary \Weak"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Weakened}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Weakening}.]
1. To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of
strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to
weaken the body or the mind; to weaken the hands of a
magistrate; to weaken the force of an objection or an
argument.
Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it
be not done. --Neh. vi. 9.
2. To reduce in quality, strength, or spirit; as, to weaken
tea; to weaken any solution or decoction.
\Weak"en\, v. i. To become weak or weaker; to lose strength, spirit, or determination; to become less positive or resolute; as, the patient weakened; the witness weakened on cross-examination. ``His notion weakens, his discernings are lethargied.'' --Shak. |
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