Definition of weaken

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Weaken (v. i.) To become weak or weaker; to lose strength, spirit, or determination; to become less positive or resolute; as, the patient weakened; the witness weakened on cross-examination..

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Faint :: Faint (v. t.) To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken.
Strained :: Strained (a.) Subjected to great or excessive tension; wrenched; weakened; as, strained relations between old friends..
Pall :: Pall (v. t.) To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull; to weaken.
Infirm :: Infirm (v. t.) To weaken; to enfeeble.
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..
Labefaction :: Labefaction (n.) The act of labefying or making weak; the state of being weakened; decay; ruin.
Polarization :: Polarization (n.) An effect produced upon the plates of a voltaic battery, or the electrodes in an electrolytic cell, by the deposition upon them of the gases liberated by the action of the current. It is chiefly due to the hydrogen, and results in an increase of the resistance, and the setting up of an opposing electro-motive force, both of which tend materially to weaken the current of the battery, or that passing through the cell..
Diminish :: Diminish (v. t.) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken.
Crazy :: Crazy (a.) Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged..
Weak :: Weak (a.) To make or become weak; to weaken.
Broken-backed :: Broken-backed (a.) Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at each end; -- said of a ship.
Invalidate :: Invalidate (v. t.) To render invalid; to weaken or lessen the force of; to destroy the authority of; to render of no force or effect; to overthrow; as, to invalidate an agreement or argument..
Craziness :: Craziness (n.) The state of being broken down or weakened; as, the craziness of a ship, or of the limbs..
Pure :: Pure (superl.) Free from that which harms, vitiates, weakens, or pollutes; genuine; real; perfect; -- applied to things and actions..
Unnerve :: Unnerve (v. t.) To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to unnerve the arm..
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..
Weaken :: Weaken (v. t.) To reduce in quality, strength, or spirit; as, to weaken tea; to weaken any solution or decoction..
Infirmative :: Infirmative (a.) Weakening; annulling, or tending to make void..
Effeminate :: Effeminate (v. t.) To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.
Groggy :: Groggy (a.) Weakened in a fight so as to stagger; -- said of pugilists.
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