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English Dictionary: enfeeble by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
enfeeble
v
  1. make weak; "Life in the camp drained him" [syn: enfeeble, debilitate, drain]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enfeeble \En*fee"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enfeebled}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Enfeebling}.] [OF. enfeblir, enfeiblir; pref. en- (L.
      in) + feble, F. faible, feeble. See {Feeble}.]
      To make feeble; to deprive of strength; to reduce the
      strength or force of; to weaken; to debilitate.
  
               Enfeebled by scanty subsistence and excessive toil.
                                                                              --Prescott.
  
      Syn: To weaken; debilitate; enervate.
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