enfeeblementn.
/ɛnˈfiːb(ə)lmənt/ The action or process of enfeebling; the state of being enfeebled.
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the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > weakening > [noun] > condition of being weakened
enervationa1575
enfeeblement1667
the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > making (immaterial things) weak
enervationa1575
watering1604
dilution1646
weakening1651
enervatinga1674
dissolution1684
emaciating1717
enfeeblement1805
dilutement1807
watering1840
attenuation1868
1667 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) ii. xxiii. 163 The great..Enfeeblements of Mind and Body.
1805 Monthly Mag. 19 327 The enfeeblement, or smothering of his argument.
1861 J. S. Mill Utilitarianism ii. 33 The enfeeblement of the feeling of veracity is one of the most hurtful things to which our conduct can be instrumental.
1869 J. R. Seeley Lect. & Ess. ii. 54 The enfeeblement produced by the..introduction of civilisation.
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n.1667- to give his etc due
- to give his gruel
- to give his head
- to give his her due
- to give his jotters
- to give his leave
- to give his load
- to give his or her fairing
- to give his own
- to give his own or his due
- to give his paiks
- to give his running shoes
- to give horns to
- to give hot beef
- to give hot stingo
- to give houseroom
- to give in
- to give in abandon
- to give in charge
- to give in charge (to
- to give in evidence
- to give in gage
- to give in hand
- to give in lot to
- to give in marriage