Definitions for Impair
ɪmˈpɛərim·pair

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. impairverb

   make worse or less effective

   "His vision was impaired"

2. mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiateverb

   make imperfect

   "nothing marred her beauty"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. impairverb

   to weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Impairnoun

   Diminution; decrease.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   A loadstone, kept in undue position, that is, not lying on the meridian, or with its poles inverted, receives in longer time impair in activity and exchange of faces, and is more powerfully preserved by site than dust of steel. Brown.

2. To Impairverb

   Etymology: empirer, to make worse, French. Stephen Skinner

   To diminish; to injure; to make worse; to lessen in quantity, value, or excellence.

   To change any such law, must needs, with the common sort, impair and weaken the force of those grounds whereby all laws are made effectual. Richard Hooker.

   Objects divine
   Must needs impair, and weary human sense. John Milton, Pa. Lost.

   That soon refresh'd him weary'd, and repair'd
   What hunger, if aught hunger had impair'd,
   Or thirst. John Milton, Paradise Regain'd.

   Nor was the work impair'd by storms alone,
   But felt th' approaches of too warm a sun. Alexander Pope.

   In years he seem'd, but not impair'd by years. Alexander Pope.

3. To Impairverb

   To be lessened or worn out.

   Flesh may impair, quoth he; but reason can repair. F. Q.

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1. impair

   Impair generally means to weaken, diminish, damage, or hinder the quality, value, condition, or function of something or someone. It refers to the act of making something or someone less effective, efficient, or functional.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Impairverb

   to make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character, the mind, value

2. Impairverb

   to grow worse; to deteriorate

3. Impairadjective

   not fit or appropriate

4. Impairnoun

   diminution; injury

5. Etymology: [F. impair uneven, L. impar; im- not + par equal.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Impair

   im-pār′, v.t. to diminish in quantity, value, or strength: to injure: to weaken.—v.i. (obs.) to become worse.—n. Impair′ment. [O. Fr. empeirer (Fr. empirer), from L. im (=in), inten., and L. pejorāre, to make worse—L. pejor, worse.]

2. Impair

   im-pār′, adj. (Shak.) unsuitable. [Fr.,—L. impar—in, not, par, equal.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Impair in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Impair in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Impair in a Sentence

1. Terry Madonna:

   We’re living longer and we are healthier and we have better health care, health itself can be an issue, but it should n’t be related to age in a way that suggests it would impair your ability to be president.

2. Cervantes:

   The beauty of some women has days and seasons, depending upon accidents which diminish or increase it; nay, the very passions of the mind naturally improve or impair it, and very often utterly destroy it.

3. Erica Reischer:

   When we say them again and again, it can impair the parent-child relationship because it suggests the problem is not the behavior, but the problem is the child.

4. Seneca:

   Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.

5. Ryan Pack:

   You don't have senses so you can impair them with drugs, alcohol, and tobacco. You don't have a life so you can make bad decisions and harm yourself and or others, smarten up.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Impair
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Impair
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Impair
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Impair
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Impair