English Dictionary: enfeeble | by the DICT Development Group |
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Empeople \Em*peo"ple\, v. t. To form into a people or community; to inhabit; to people. [Obs.] We now know 't is very well empeopled. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Empoverish \Em*pov"er*ish\, v. t. See {Impoverish}. | |
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Enbibe \En*bibe"\, v. t. To imbibe. [Obs.] --Skelton. | |
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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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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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Enfeeblement \En*fee"ble*ment\, n. The act of weakening; enervation; weakness. | |
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Enfeebler \En*fee"bler\, n. One who, or that which, weakens or makes feeble. | |
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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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Enfeeblish \En*fee"blish\, v. i. To enfeeble. [Obs.] --Holland. | |
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Enfeoff \En*feoff"\ (?; see {Feoff}, 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enfeoffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enfeoffing}.] [Pref. en- + feoff, fief: cf. LL. infeofare, OF. enfeffer, enfeofer.] 1. (Law) To give a feud, or right in land, to; to invest with a fief or fee; to invest (any one) with a freehold estate by the process of feoffment. --Mozley & W. 2. To give in vassalage; to make subservient. [Obs.] [The king] enfeoffed himself to popularity. --Shak. | |
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Enfeoff \En*feoff"\ (?; see {Feoff}, 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enfeoffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enfeoffing}.] [Pref. en- + feoff, fief: cf. LL. infeofare, OF. enfeffer, enfeofer.] 1. (Law) To give a feud, or right in land, to; to invest with a fief or fee; to invest (any one) with a freehold estate by the process of feoffment. --Mozley & W. 2. To give in vassalage; to make subservient. [Obs.] [The king] enfeoffed himself to popularity. --Shak. | |
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Enfeoff \En*feoff"\ (?; see {Feoff}, 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enfeoffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enfeoffing}.] [Pref. en- + feoff, fief: cf. LL. infeofare, OF. enfeffer, enfeofer.] 1. (Law) To give a feud, or right in land, to; to invest with a fief or fee; to invest (any one) with a freehold estate by the process of feoffment. --Mozley & W. 2. To give in vassalage; to make subservient. [Obs.] [The king] enfeoffed himself to popularity. --Shak. | |
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Enfeoffment \En*feoff"ment\, n. (Law) (a) The act of enfeoffing. (b) The instrument or deed by which one is invested with the fee of an estate. | |
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Enfever \En*fe"ver\, v. t. [Pref. en- + fever: cf. F. enfi[82]vrer.] To excite fever in. [R.] --A. Seward. | |
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Enviable \En"vi*a*ble\, a. [From {Envy}.] Fitted to excite envy; capable of awakening an ardent desire to posses or to resemble. One of most enviable of human beings. --Macaulay. -- {En"vi*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {En"vi*a*bly}, adv. | |
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Enviable \En"vi*a*ble\, a. [From {Envy}.] Fitted to excite envy; capable of awakening an ardent desire to posses or to resemble. One of most enviable of human beings. --Macaulay. -- {En"vi*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {En"vi*a*bly}, adv. | |
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Enviable \En"vi*a*ble\, a. [From {Envy}.] Fitted to excite envy; capable of awakening an ardent desire to posses or to resemble. One of most enviable of human beings. --Macaulay. -- {En"vi*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {En"vi*a*bly}, adv. |