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Enfeeble

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To deprive of strength; make feeble.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To make feeble.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To make feeble; to deprive of strength; to reduce the strength or force of; to weaken; to debilitate.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To make feeble; deprive of strength; reduce the strength or force of; weaken; debilitate; enervate: as, intemperance enfeebles the body; long wars enfeeble a state.

Synonyms See list under enervate.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. make weak

Word Usage

"It has failed to do so because, among other things, its restless campaign to enfeeble the African state and its role in the economy has not succeeded in overcoming the environment of unproductive and pervasive rent seeking, he said."

Verb Form

enfeebled enfeebles enfeebling

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

weaken

Hyponym

waste macerate emaciate

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

weaken debilitate enervate

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

feeble