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English Dictionary: infirm	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
infirm adj 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 firmness of will or character or purpose; "infirm of purpose; give me the daggers" - Shakespeare
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Infirm \Infirm"\ ([icr]nf[etil]rm"), a. [L. infirmus: cf. F. infirme. See {In-} not, and {Firm}, a.] 1. Not firm or sound; weak; feeble; as, an infirm body; an infirm constitution. A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man. --Shak. 2. Weak of mind or will; irresolute; vacillating. [bd]An infirm judgment.[b8] --Burke. Infirm of purpose! --Shak. 3. Not solid or stable; insecure; precarious. He who fixes on false principles treads or infirm ground. --South. Syn: Debilitated; sickly; feeble; decrepit; weak; enfeebled; irresolute; vacillating; imbecile.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Infirm \In*firm"\, v. t. [L. infirmare : cf. F. infirmer.] To weaken; to enfeeble. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.