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enfeeble

[ en-fee-buhl ]

verb (used with object)

enfeebled, enfeebling.
  1. to make feeble; weaken:

    That bout of pneumonia enfeebled him.

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enfeeble

/ ɪˈھːə /

verb

  1. tr to make weak; deprive of strength
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈڱ, noun
  • ˈڱ𳾱Գ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ڱb·Գ noun
  • fb noun
  • ܲe·ڱb adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of enfeeble1

1300–50; Middle English enfeblen < Old French enfeblir. See en- 1, feeble
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She engenders compassion as Elisabeth grapples with her aging body, and a scene where she is enfeebled and struggles to get out of a chair is both achingly painful and achingly funny.

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Initially prematurely aged and enfeebled because of the conniving evil wizard Saruman, he is restored to vitality by the good wizard Gandalf.

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Added to this, Congress, which governed India for decades, looks enfeebled and in decline.

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Mr. Trump, 77, has portrayed Mr. Biden, 81, as elderly, enfeebled and unable to perform the basic tasks of the presidency.

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Democrats plan to answer the widespread questions about the 81-year-old president’s age and readiness by affirming that Biden is capable of being commander-in-chief and trying to discredit people who portray him as enfeebled.

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