weakenern.
/ˈwiːk(ə)nə/, /ˈwiːkn̩ə/, U.S. /ˈwik(ə)nər/ One who or something which weakens.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > making (immaterial things) weak > one who or that which
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [noun] > cause of
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1589 L. Andrewes 96 Serm. (1629) (Lent i) 268 If this Ego, be not Saul, but David. David, which giveth strength vnto the Pillers; and not Saul, an empairer or weakner of them.
1694 S. Bethel Providences of God (new ed.) 94 There being no such Traitors to the Strength of a Land, Underminers and Weakners thereof, as are unreformed Provocations.
a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) VI. 458 Fastings and Mortifications..which..rightly managed, are..great weakners of Sin.
1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. (1907) I. iii. 35 Averrhoes' catalogue of Anti-Mnemonics, or weakeners of the memory.
1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude (1883) viii. 161 The crowds and centuries of books are only..echoes and weakeners of these few great voices of Time.
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