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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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Weakened :: Weakened (imp. & p. p.) of Weake.

Enervation :: Enervation (n.) The act of weakening, or reducing strength..

Effeminate :: Effeminate (v. t.) To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.

Fatigue :: Fatigue (n.) The weakening of a metal when subjected to repeated vibrations or strains.

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..

Imbecile :: Imbecile (v. t.) To weaken; to make imbecile; as, to imbecile men's courage..

Disinvigorate :: Disinvigorate (v. t.) To enervate; to weaken.

Pall :: Pall (v. t.) To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull; to weaken.

Infatuate :: Infatuate (v. t.) To make foolish; to affect with folly; to weaken the intellectual powers of, or to deprive of sound judgment..

Attenuate :: Attenuate (v. t.) To lessen the amount, force, or value of; to make less complex; to weaken..

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..

Groggy :: Groggy (a.) Weakened in a fight so as to stagger; -- said of pugilists.

Sicken :: Sicken (v. t.) To impair; to weaken.

Enfeebler :: Enfeebler (n.) One who, or that which, weakens or makes feeble..

Break :: Break (v. i.) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.

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..

Old :: Old (superl.) Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness; as, old shoes; old clothes..

Imbecilitate :: Imbecilitate (v. t.) To weaken, as to the body or the mind; to enfeeble..

Broken-backed :: Broken-backed (a.) Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at each end; -- said of a ship.

Pure :: Pure (superl.) Free from that which harms, vitiates, weakens, or pollutes; genuine; real; perfect; -- applied to things and actions..