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enfeeble, v.|ɛnˈfiːb(ə)l|
Forms: α. 4 enfebil, 4–5 enfeble, 6 enfeable, -febel, 7– enfeeble. β. 6–7 infeeble.
[a. OF. enfebl-ir, f. en- (see en-1) + feble feeble. Cf. affeeble.]
trans. To make feeble, weaken.
αa1340Hampole Psalter xxvi. 4 Þei þat angirs me vnskylwysly are sekyd that is enfebild. 1485Caxton St. Wenefr. 12 She was enfeblyd with ouermoche payne. 1533More Apology xxvii. Wks. 892/1 They both enfeable and also dishonour the realme. 1600Hakluyt Voy. (1810) III. 203 He was enfeebled of abilitie. 1764Goldsm. Trav. 270 Praise..Enfeebles all internal strength of thought. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. §20. 142 The [magnetic] action was greatly enfeebled. 1872Yeats Growth Comm. 293 England was enfeebled..by the Wars of the Roses.
β1576Fleming Panoplie Ep. 79 Your owne health..is much infeebled. 1614Raleigh Hist. World ii. 441 With intent to infeeble them for want of water. 1667Milton P.L. ix. 488 So much hath..paine Infeebled me. |