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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Enfeeble \En*fee"ble\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Enfeebled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enfeebling}.] [OF. enfeblir, enfeiblir; pref. en- (L. in) + feble, F. faible, feeble. See {Feeble}.] To make feeble; to deprive of strength; to reduce the strength or force of; to weaken; to debilitate.
Enfeebled by scanty subsistence and excessive toil. --Prescott.
Syn: To weaken; debilitate; enervate.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
enfeeble
verb: make weak; "Life in the camp drained him" [syn: {debilitate}, {drain}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "enfeeble": abate, afflict, attenuate, blunt, bugger, cramp, cripple, damp, dampen, de-energize, deaden, debilitate, derange, devitalize, disable, disenable, disorder, drain, dull, enervate, eviscerate, exhaust, extenuate, gruel, hamstring, hors de combat, hospitalize, inactivate, incapacitate, indispose, invalid, kibosh, lame, lay low, lay up, maim, mitigate, put, queer, queer the works, rattle, reduce, sabotage, sap, shake, shake up, sicken, soften up, spike, unbrace, undermine, unfit, unman, unnerve, unstrengthen, unstring, weaken, wing, wreck
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