What does enfeeble mean?
Definitions for enfeeble
ɛnˈfi bəlen·fee·ble
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Princeton's WordNet
enfeeble, debilitate, drainverb
make weak
"Life in the camp drained him"
Wiktionary
enfeebleverb
To make feeble.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Enfeebleverb
To weaken; to enervate; to deprive of strength.
Etymology: from feeble.
I’ve belied a lady,
The princess of this country; and the air on’t
Revengingly enfeebles me William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.My people are with sickness much enfeebled. William Shakespeare, H. V.
Much hath hell debas’d, and pain
Enfeebl’d me, to what I was in heav’n! John Milton, Parad. Lost.Some there are that employ their time in affairs infinitely below the dignity of their persons; and being called by God, or the republick, to bear great burdens, do enfeeble their understandings, and disable their persons, by sordid and brutish business. Jeremy Taylor, Rule of living holy.
Sure, nature form’d me of her softest mould,
Enfeebled all my soul with tender passions,
And sunk me even below my own weak sex. Joseph Addison, Cato.
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enfeeble
Enfeeble is a verb which means to weaken, debilitate, or drastically reduce someone or something's strength, condition, vitality, or function. It can also refer to the act of making someone or something ineffective or powerless.
Webster Dictionary
Enfeebleverb
to make feeble; to deprive of strength; to reduce the strength or force of; to weaken; to debilitate
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Enfeeble
en-fē′bl, v.t. to make feeble: to weaken.—n. Enfee′blement, weakening: weakness.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of enfeeble in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of enfeeble in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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