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1. (v.i.) weaken
to make or become weak or weaker; lessen; diminish.
Etymology: (1520–30)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) weaken
lessen the strength of
"The fever weakened his body"
2. (verb) weaken
become weaker
"The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
3. (verb) sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken
destroy property or hinder normal operations
"The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
4. (verb) de-escalate, weaken, step down
reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of
"de-escalate a crisis"
5. (verb) dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break
lessen in force or effect
"soften a shock"; "break a fall"
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1. (verb) weaken
≠ strengthen
an incident that weakened the government; Her body has steadily weakened.; the weakening economy
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) weaken
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
2. (verb) weaken
to reduce in quality, strength, or spirit; as, to weaken tea; to weaken any solution or decoction
3. (verb) weaken
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
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Sense: to (cause to) become weak, especially in physical strength or character
The patient has weakened; The strain of the last few days has weakened him.
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 Afrikaans: verswak |
 Arabic: يُضْعِف |
 Bulgarian: отслабвам |
 Brazilian: enfraquecer |
 Czech: zeslábnout, oslabit |
 German: schwächen |
 Danish: blive svag; gøre svag |
 Greek: εξασθενίζω, αποδυναμώνω |
 Spanish: debilitar(se) |
 Estonian: nõrgestuma, nõrgestama |
 Farsi: ضعيف شدن |
 Finnish: heikentää |
 French: (s')affaiblir |
 Hebrew: לְהֵיחָלֵש |
 Hindi: दुर्बल |
 Croatian: oslabjeti |
 Hungarian: legyengül; legyengít |
 Indonesian: melemahkan |
 Icelandic: veikja, draga mátt úr |
 Italian: indebolire, indebolirsi |
 Japanese: 弱る |
 Korean: 약하게 하다 |
 Lithuanian: susilpninti, susilpnėti |
 Latvian: novājēt; kļūt nespēcīgāka |
 Malay: menjadi lemah |
 Dutch: verzwakken |
 Norwegian: bli svak(ere), svekke(s) |
 Polish: osłabnąć, osłabić |
 Portuguese: enfraquecer |
 Romanian: a (se) slăbi |
 Russian: ослаблять |
 Slovak: zoslabnúť, oslabiť |
 Slovenian: oslabeti; oslabiti |
 Serbian: oslabiti |
 Swedish: bli (göra) svag[are] |
 Thai: ทำให้อ่อนแอ |
 Turkish: zayıfla(t)mak |
 Taiwanese: 削弱，變弱 |
 Ukrainian: ослабляти; слабшати |
 Urdu: کمزور ہونا |
 Vietnamese: làm yếu đi |
 Chinese: 削弱，减弱 |
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