Definition of weaken

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Weaken (v. t.) To reduce in quality, strength, or spirit; as, to weaken tea; to weaken any solution or decoction..

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Crazy :: Crazy (a.) Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged..
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..
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..
Effeminate :: Effeminate (v. t.) To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.
Old :: Old (superl.) Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness; as, old shoes; old clothes..
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..
Extenuate :: Extenuate (v. t.) To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of; to diminish the conception of, as crime, guilt, faults, ills, accusations, etc.; -- opposed to aggravate..
Enervation :: Enervation (n.) The state of being weakened; effeminacy.
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..
Attenuation :: Attenuation (n.) The process of weakening in intensity; diminution of virulence; as, the attenuation of virus..
Weakener :: Weakener (n.) One who, or that which, weakens..
Enervative :: Enervative (a.) Having power, or a tendency, to enervate; weakening..
Weak :: Weak (a.) To make or become weak; to weaken.
Groggy :: Groggy (a.) Weakened in a fight so as to stagger; -- said of pugilists.
Flagging :: Flagging (a.) Growing languid, weak, or spiritless; weakening; delaying..
Sap :: Sap (v. t.) To make unstable or infirm; to unsettle; to weaken.
Debilitate :: Debilitate (v. t.) To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to debilitate the body by intemperance..
Imbecilitate :: Imbecilitate (v. t.) To weaken, as to the body or the mind; to enfeeble..
Sicken :: Sicken (v. t.) To impair; to weaken.
Break :: Break (v. i.) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
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