Hypertext Webster Gateway: "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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
weakened
adj 1: impaired by diminution [syn: {diminished}, {lessened}, {vitiated}]
2: made weak or weaker
3: reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording"
[syn: {attenuate}, {attenuated}, {faded}]
4: mixed with water; "sold cut whiskey"; "a cup of thinned
soup" [syn: {cut}, {thinned}]
5: used of inanimate objects or their value [syn: {hurt}]
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