enfeeblev.

/ɛnˈfiːb(ə)l/

Forms: α. Middle English enfebil, Middle English enfeble, 1500s enfeable, enfebel, 1600s– enfeeble. β. 1500s–1600s infeeble.

Etymology: < Old French enfebl-ir, < en- (see en- prefix¹) + feble feeble adj. Compare affeeble v.

transitive. To make feeble, weaken.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > cause to be ill [verb (transitive)] > make weak

fellOE

wastec1230

faintc1386

endull1395

resolvea1398

afaintc1400

defeat?c1400

dissolvec1400

weakc1400

craze1476

feeblish1477

debilite1483

overfeeble1495

plucka1529

to bring low1530

debilitate1541

acraze1549

decaya1554

infirma1555

weaken1569

effeeble1571

enervate1572

enfeeble1576

slay1578

to pull downa1586

prosternate1593

shake1594

to lay along1598

unsinew1598

languefy1607

enerve1613

pulla1616

dispirit1647

imbecilitate1647

unstring1700

to run down1733

sap1755

reduce1767

prostrate1780

shatter1785

undermine1812

imbecile1829

disinvigorate1844

devitalize1849

wreck1850

atrophy1865

crumple1892

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > cause or effect (harm) [verb (transitive)] > do harm or injury to > affect detrimentally > impair the action or effectiveness of

maimc1395

appale?1530

embezzle1566

weaken1639

cripple1694

derange1776

enfeeble1860

bosh1870

dent1931

α.

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxvi. 4 Þei þat angirs me vnskylwysly are sekyd that is enfebild.

1485 W. Caxton tr. Lyf St. Wenefryde 12 She was enfeblyd with ouermoche payne.

1533 T. More Apol. xxvii, in Wks. 892/1 They both enfeable and also dishonour the realme.

1589 E. Hayes in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 696 He was enfeebled of abilitie.

1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 14 Praise..Enfeebles all internal strength of thought.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §20. 142 The [magnetic] action was greatly enfeebled.

1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 293 England was enfeebled..by the Wars of the Roses.

β. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 79 Your owne health..is much infeebled.1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xix. §5. 517 With intent to infeeble them for want of water.1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 488 So much hath..paine Infeebl'd me.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	enfeeble
释义	enfeeblev. /ɛnˈfiːb(ə)l/ Forms: α. Middle English enfebil, Middle English enfeble, 1500s enfeable, enfebel, 1600s– enfeeble. β. 1500s–1600s infeeble. Etymology: < Old French enfebl-ir, < en- (see en- prefix¹) + feble feeble adj. Compare affeeble v. transitive. To make feeble, weaken. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > cause to be ill [verb (transitive)] > make weak fellOE wastec1230 faintc1386 endull1395 resolvea1398 afaintc1400 defeat?c1400 dissolvec1400 weakc1400 craze1476 feeblish1477 debilite1483 overfeeble1495 plucka1529 to bring low1530 debilitate1541 acraze1549 decaya1554 infirma1555 weaken1569 effeeble1571 enervate1572 enfeeble1576 slay1578 to pull downa1586 prosternate1593 shake1594 to lay along1598 unsinew1598 languefy1607 enerve1613 pulla1616 dispirit1647 imbecilitate1647 unstring1700 to run down1733 sap1755 reduce1767 prostrate1780 shatter1785 undermine1812 imbecile1829 disinvigorate1844 devitalize1849 wreck1850 atrophy1865 crumple1892 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > cause or effect (harm) [verb (transitive)] > do harm or injury to > affect detrimentally > impair the action or effectiveness of maimc1395 appale?1530 embezzle1566 weaken1639 cripple1694 derange1776 enfeeble1860 bosh1870 dent1931 α. a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxvi. 4 Þei þat angirs me vnskylwysly are sekyd that is enfebild. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Lyf St. Wenefryde 12 She was enfeblyd with ouermoche payne. 1533 T. More Apol. xxvii, in Wks. 892/1 They both enfeable and also dishonour the realme. 1589 E. Hayes in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 696 He was enfeebled of abilitie. 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 14 Praise..Enfeebles all internal strength of thought. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §20. 142 The [magnetic] action was greatly enfeebled. 1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 293 England was enfeebled..by the Wars of the Roses. β. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 79 Your owne health..is much infeebled.1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xix. §5. 517 With intent to infeeble them for want of water.1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 488 So much hath..paine Infeebl'd me. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.a1340
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