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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Weaken \Weak"en\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Weakened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weakening}.]
1. To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weaken the hands of a magistrate; to weaken the force of an objection or an argument.
Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. --Neh. vi. 9.
2. To reduce in quality, strength, or spirit; as, to weaken tea; to weaken any solution or decoction.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
weakened
adjective
1: impaired by diminution [syn: {diminished}, {lessened}, {vitiated}]
2: made weak or weaker
3: reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording" [syn: {attenuate}, {attenuated}, {faded}]
4: mixed with water; "sold cut whiskey"; "a cup of thinned soup" [syn: {cut}, {thinned}]
5: used of inanimate objects or their value [syn: {hurt}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
145 Moby Thesaurus words for "weakened": abated, ablated, aggravated, attenuated, ausgespielt, bated, belittled, broken, burned, burned-out, burst, busted, cachectic, checked, chipped, consumed, contracted, cracked, crazed, curtailed, cut, damaged, debilitated, decreased, deflated, deteriorated, devitalized, diminished, disabled, dissipated, drained, drooping, droopy, dropped, effete, embittered, enervated, enfeebled, eroded, eviscerated, exacerbated, exhausted, fagged, failing, faint, fainting, fallen, fatigued, feeble, feeling faint, flagging, footsore, frail, frazzled, good and tired, harmed, healthless, hurt, impaired, imperfect, in bits, in pieces, in poor health, in shards, incapacitated, infirm, injured, invalid, irritated, jaded, lacerated, languid, languishing, less, lesser, lower, lowered, mangled, miniaturized, moribund, mutilated, pale, peaked, peaky, played out, ready to drop, reduced, reduced in health, rent, retrenched, run ragged, run-down, ruptured, sagging, sapped, scalded, scaled-down, scorched, seedy, shattered, shorn, shorter, shrunk, shrunken, sickly, slashed, slit, smaller, smashed, spent, split, sprung, the worse for, tired, tired-winged, toilworn, torn, unhealthy, unrefreshed, unrestored, unsound, used up, valetudinarian, valetudinary, wasted, watered-down, way-weary, wayworn, weak, weakly, wearied, weariful, weary, weary-footed, weary-laden, weary-winged, weary-worn, wilting, with low resistance, worn, worn-down, worn-out, worse, worse off, worsened
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