Definition of impair

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Impair (v. t.) To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character, the mind, value..

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Prejudice :: Prejudice (n.) To obstruct or injure by prejudices, or by previous bias of the mind; hence, generally, to hurt; to damage; to injure; to impair; as, to prejudice a good cause..
Stormcock :: Storm-beat (a.) Beaten, injured, or impaired by storms..
Waste :: Waste (a.) To damage, impair, or injure, as an estate, voluntarily, or by suffering the buildings, fences, etc., to go to decay..
Blight :: Blight (n.) That which frustrates one's plans or withers one's hopes; that which impairs or destroys.
Impair :: Impair (v. t.) To grow worse; to deteriorate.
Melancholy :: Melancholy (a.) Somewhat deranged in mind; having the jugment impaired.
Shake :: Shake (v.) Fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of.
Crack :: Crack (v. i.) To be ruined or impaired; to fail.
Vitiate :: Vitiate (v. t.) To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render defective; to injure the substance or qualities of; to impair; to contaminate; to spoil; as, exaggeration vitiates a style of writing; sewer gas vitiates the air..
Enervate :: Enervate (v. t.) To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to render feeble or impotent; to make effeminate; to impair the moral powers of..
Impairing :: Impairing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impai.
Superannuate :: Superannuate (v. t.) To impair or disquality on account of age or infirmity.
Paralyze :: Paralyze (v. t.) Fig.: To unnerve; to destroy or impair the energy of; to render ineffective; as, the occurrence paralyzed the community; despondency paralyzed his efforts..
Maim :: Maim (v. t.) To mutilate; to cripple; to injure; to disable; to impair.
Blemish :: Blemish (n.) Any mark of deformity or injury, whether physical or moral; anything that diminishes beauty, or renders imperfect that which is otherwise well formed; that which impairs reputation..
Moonblink :: Moonblink (n.) A temporary blindness, or impairment of sight, said to be caused by sleeping in the moonlight; -- sometimes called nyctalopia..
Dysaesthesia :: Dysaesthesia (n.) Impairment of any of the senses, esp. of touch..
Corruption :: Corruption (n.) The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness; impurity; bribery..
Damage :: Damage (v. i.) To receive damage or harm; to be injured or impaired in soudness or value; as. some colors in /oth damage in sunlight.
Damnify :: Damnify (v. t.) To cause loss or damage to; to injure; to impair.
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