Hypertext Webster Gateway: "enfeebling"

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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

enfeebling
adj : causing debilitation [syn: {debilitative}, {enervating}, {weakening}]


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