weakened : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: weakened	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for weakened
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
weakened adj impaired by diminution [syn: diminished, lessened, vitiated, weakened] made weak or weaker reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording" Synonym(s): attenuate, attenuated, faded, weakened mixed with water; "sold cut whiskey"; "a cup of thinned soup" Synonym(s): cut, thinned, weakened damaged inanimate objects or their value Synonym(s): hurt, weakened
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Weaken \Weak"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Weakened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weakening}.] 1. To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weaken the hands of a magistrate; to weaken the force of an objection or an argument. Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. --Neh. vi. 9. 2. To reduce in quality, strength, or spirit; as, to weaken tea; to weaken any solution or decoction.