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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Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To crack or split; to bend or strain so as to weaken; as, to spring a mast or a yard..
Infirmative :: Infirmative (a.) Weakening; annulling, or tending to make void..
Enervation :: Enervation (n.) The state of being weakened; effeminacy.
Weakener :: Weakener (n.) One who, or that which, weakens..
Enervation :: Enervation (n.) The act of weakening, or reducing strength..
Infirm :: Infirm (v. t.) To weaken; to enfeeble.
Infatuate :: Infatuate (v. t.) To make foolish; to affect with folly; to weaken the intellectual powers of, or to deprive of sound judgment..
Effeminate :: Effeminate (v. t.) To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.
Imbecilitate :: Imbecilitate (v. t.) To weaken, as to the body or the mind; to enfeeble..
Diminish :: Diminish (v. t.) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken.
Break :: Break (v. t.) To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind..
Blunt :: Blunt (v. t.) To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of; as, to blunt the feelings..
Break :: Break (v. i.) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
Appall :: Appall (a.) To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight..
Emasculate :: Emasculate (v. t.) To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
Pure :: Pure (superl.) Free from that which harms, vitiates, weakens, or pollutes; genuine; real; perfect; -- applied to things and actions..
Craze :: Craze (v. t.) To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit.
Sprain :: Sprain (v. t.) To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation; as, to sprain one's ankle..
Melt :: Melt (v.) Hence: To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken..
Weaken :: 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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