infirm
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)m
[edit] Adjective
infirm (comparative infirmer, superlative infirmest)
- Weak or ill, not in good health.
- He was infirm of body but still keen of mind, and though it looked like he couldn't walk across the room, he crushed me in debate.
- insecure; irresolute
- frail; unstable
[edit] Translations
unstable
[edit] Verb
infirm (third-person singular simple present infirms, present participle infirming, simple past and past participle infirmed)
- To contradict, to provide proof that something is not.
- The thought is that you see an episode of observation, experiment, or reasoning as confirming or infirming a hypothesis depending on whether your probability for it increases or decreases during the episode.
