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English Dictionary: enfeeblement by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
enfeeble
v
  1. make weak; "Life in the camp drained him" [syn: enfeeble, debilitate, drain]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
enfeeblement
n
  1. serious weakening and loss of energy [syn: debilitation, enervation, enfeeblement, exhaustion]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
enfeebling
adj
  1. causing debilitation [syn: debilitative, enervating, enfeebling, weakening]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
enfeoff
v
  1. put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service, in feudal society; "He enfeoffed his son-in-law with a large estate in Scotland"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
enfeoffment
n
  1. under the feudal system, the deed by which a person was given land in exchange for a pledge of service
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
enviable
adj
  1. causing envy; "an enviable position"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
enviably
adv
  1. in an enviable manner; "she was enviably fluent in French"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Empoverish \Em*pov"er*ish\, v. t.
      See {Impoverish}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enbibe \En*bibe"\, v. t.
      To imbibe. [Obs.] --Skelton.

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.

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enfeeblement \En*fee"ble*ment\, n.
      The act of weakening; enervation; weakness.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enfeebler \En*fee"bler\, n.
      One who, or that which, weakens or makes feeble.

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enfeeblish \En*fee"blish\, v. i.
      To enfeeble. [Obs.] --Holland.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enfever \En*fe"ver\, v. t. [Pref. en- + fever: cf. F.
      enfi[82]vrer.]
      To excite fever in. [R.] --A. Seward.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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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