enfeeble

English

Etymology

From Middle English enfeblen, from Old French enfeblir. Constructed like en- +‎ feeble.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈfiːbəl/
• Rhymes: -iːbəl

Verb

1. (transitive) To make feeble.
   • 2014, Michael White, "Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe", The Guardian, 8 September 2014:

     In the face of enfeebled, self-harming opposition on both sides of the border (and a miserable economic recession on both sides too) he has performed brilliantly.

   • 1774, Dr Samuel Johnson, Preface to the Works of the English Poets, J. Nichols, Volume II, Page 130,

     "...the gout, with which he had long been tormented, prevailed over the enfeebled powers of nature."

Synonyms

• weaken

Translations

make feeble

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• Finnish: heikentää (fi)
• French: affaiblir (fr)
• German: schwächen (de)
• Irish: anbhainnigh, díneartaigh
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• Maori: whakaiwikore
• Middle English: feblen, enfeblen
• Russian: ослабля́ть (ru) impf (oslabljátʹ), осла́бить (ru) pf (oslábitʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: lagaich
• Spanish: debilitar (es)