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English Dictionary: feeble	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for feeble
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feeble adj pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument" Synonym(s): feeble, lame lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice" Synonym(s): faint, feeble lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless" Synonym(s): decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly lacking strength; "a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne Synonym(s): feeble, nerveless
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feeble \Fee"ble\ (f[emac]"b'l), a. [Compar. {Feebler} (-bl[etil]r); superl. {Feeblest} (-bl[ecr]st).] [OE. feble, OF. feble, flebe, floibe, floible, foible, F. faible, L. flebilis to be wept over, lamentable, wretched, fr. flere to weep. Cf. {Foible}.] 1. Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated. Carried all the feeble of them upon asses. --2 Chron. xxviii. 15. 2. Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion. [bd]A lady's feeble voice.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feeble \Fee"ble\, v. t. To make feble; to enfeeble. [Obs.] Shall that victorious hand be feebled here? --Shak.