单词 | enfeeblish |
释义 | † enfeeblishv. Obsolete. a. intransitive. To become or grow feeble. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > become weak [verb (intransitive)] woke993 unstrengea1225 feeble?c1225 windlec1325 enfeeblish1382 weaken?1541 spindle1863 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xxii. 14 Who of his neiȝbore eny thing of thes askith to borwe, and it were enfeblished or deed..he shal be compellid to ȝeeld. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 2484 The Fraunche-mene enfeblesches, ne farly me thynkkys! b. transitive. To make feeble, enfeeble. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > weakening > weaken [verb (transitive)] unstrengea1225 unstrength?c1225 feeblea1340 affeeblea1400 weakc1400 affeeblishc1450 enfeeblisha1492 pallc1500 weaken1569 effeeblish?1572 unstrengthen1598 labefy1620 unnerve1621 unmasculate1639 unbrace1711 sinka1715 infirmize1751 slacken1778 exhaust1860 a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) iii. xliii. f. cccxxixv/1 He was thus enfeblysshed in his membres. 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions i. x. f. 81v Manly strength, by immoderat heate, is resolued and enfeeblished. DerivativesΚΠ 1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) 91 Vndergoing so many, so continuall mutations, and..enfeeblishings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1382 |
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