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▪ I. enˈfeebling, vbl. n. [f. as prec. + -ing1.] The action of the vb. enfeeble.
1503–4Act 19 Hen. VII, c. 4 Preamb., The great hurte and enfebelyng of this Realme. 1531–2Act 23 Hen. VIII, c. 16 A great enfeblyng of the kinges saide subiectes. 1705Stanhope Paraphr. III. 567 Those Parts..which Nature hath left liable..to great enfeeblings. ▪ II. enfeebling, ppl. a.|ɛnˈfiːblɪŋ| [f. enfeeble v. + -ing2.] That enfeebles.
1599Marston Sco. Villanie ii. vii. 206 Infeebling ryot. a1661B. Holyday Juvenal 216 Passion..does in a trice By th' ear and eie admit infeebling vice. 1838–9Hallam Hist. Lit. II. ii. v. §85. 236 The enfeebling expletives ‘do’ and ‘did’. 1887Spectator 1 Oct. 1300 England survives all things, even..her own enfeebling tolerances. |