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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Impair \Im*pair"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Impaired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impairing}.] [Written also {empair}.] [OE. empeiren, enpeiren, OF. empeirier, empirier, F. empirer, LL. impejorare; L. pref. im- in + pejorare to make worse, fr. pejor worse. Cf. {Appair}.] To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character, the mind, value.
Time sensibly all things impairs. --Roscommon.
In years he seemed, but not impaired by years. --Pope.
Syn: To diminish; decrease; injure; weaken; enfeeble; debilitate; reduce; debase; deteriorate.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Impair \Im*pair"\, verb (used with an object) To grow worse; to deteriorate. --Milton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Impair \Im"pair\, adjective [F. impair uneven, L. impar; im- not + par equal.] Not fit or appropriate. [Obs.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Impair \Im*pair"\, noun Diminution; injury. [Obs.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
impair
verb
1: make worse or less effective; "His vision was impaired"
2: make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" [syn: {mar}, {spoil}, {deflower}, {vitiate}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
109 Moby Thesaurus words for "impair": abate, abrade, abstract, abuse, afflict, aggravate, aggrieve, bate, befoul, bewitch, blemish, blight, condemn, corrupt, cripple, crucify, curse, curtail, damage, decrease, deduct, defile, deprave, depreciate, derogate, despoil, destroy, deteriorate, detract, dilapidate, diminish, disadvantage, disparage, disserve, distress, do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do wrong, do wrong by, doom, drain, eat away, embitter, endamage, envenom, erode, exacerbate, extract, file away, get into trouble, harass, harm, hex, hurt, infect, injure, irritate, jinx, leach, lessen, make worse, maltreat, mar, menace, mistreat, molest, outrage, persecute, play havoc with, play hob with, poison, pollute, prejudice, purify, put back, reduce, refine, remove, retrench, rub away, ruin, sap, savage, scathe, shorten, spoil, subduct, subtract, taint, take away, take from, tarnish, thin, thin out, threaten, torment, torture, undermine, violate, vitiate, weaken, wear away, weed, withdraw, worsen, wound, wreak havoc on, wrong
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