Hypertext Webster Gateway: "feeble"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Feeble \Fee"ble\ (f[=e]"b'l), a. [Compar. {Feebler} (-bl[~e]r);
superl. {Feeblest} (-bl[e^]st).] [OE. feble, OF. feble,
flebe, floibe, floible, foible, F. faible, L. flebilis to be
wept over, lamentable, wretched, fr. flere to weep. Cf.
{Foible}.]
1. Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.
Carried all the feeble of them upon asses. --2
Chron. xxviii.
15.
2. Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or
expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.;
faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion. ``A lady's
feeble voice.'' --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Feeble \Fee"ble\, v. t.
To make feble; to enfeeble. [Obs.]
Shall that victorious hand be feebled here? --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
feeble
adj 1: pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble
excuse"; "a lame argument" [syn: {lame}]
2: lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise";
"faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"
[syn: {faint}]
3: lacking physical strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman";
"her body looked sapless" [syn: {decrepit}, {infirm}, {sapless},
{weak}, {weakly}]
4: lacking strength; "a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy
and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne [syn: {nerveless}]
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