Definition of weaken

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Weaken (v. t.) 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..

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Enerve :: Enerve (v. t.) To weaken; to enervate.
Appall :: Appall (a.) To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight..
Enervate :: Enervate (a.) Weakened; weak; without strength of force.
Enervative :: Enervative (a.) Having power, or a tendency, to enervate; weakening..
Sophist :: Sophist (n.) One of a class of men who taught eloquence, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece; especially, one of those who, by their fallacious but plausible reasoning, puzzled inquirers after truth, weakened the faith of the people, and drew upon themselves general hatred and contempt..
Hunger-bitten :: Hunger-bitten (a.) Pinched or weakened by hunger.
Demoralize :: Demoralize (v. t.) To corrupt or undermine in morals; to destroy or lessen the effect of moral principles on; to render corrupt or untrustworthy in morals, in discipline, in courage, spirit, etc.; to weaken in spirit or efficiency..
Craziness :: Craziness (n.) The state of being broken down or weakened; as, the craziness of a ship, or of the limbs..
Emasculate :: Emasculate (v. t.) To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
Enfeeblement :: Enfeeblement (n.) The act of weakening; enervation; weakness.
Discouragement :: Discouragement (n.) The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection..
Infatuate :: Infatuate (v. t.) To make foolish; to affect with folly; to weaken the intellectual powers of, or to deprive of sound judgment..
Shake :: Shake (v.) Fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of.
Infirm :: Infirm (v. t.) To weaken; to enfeeble.
Faint :: Faint (v. t.) To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken.
Effeminate :: Effeminate (v. t.) To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.
Labefy :: Labefy (v. t.) To weaken or impair.
Enfeebler :: Enfeebler (n.) One who, or that which, weakens or makes feeble..
Weakener :: Weakener (n.) One who, or that which, weakens..
Debilitate :: Debilitate (v. t.) To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to debilitate the body by intemperance..
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