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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Feeble \Fee"ble\ (f[=e]"b'l), a. [Compar. {Feebler} (-bl[~e]r); superl. {Feeblest} (-bl[e^]st).] [OE. feble, OF feble, flebe, floibe floible, foible, F. faible, L. flebilis to be wept over lamentable, wretched, fr flere to weep. Cf {Foible}.] 1. Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated. Carried all the feeble of them upon asses. --2 Chron. xxviii. 15. 2. Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as a feeble color; feeble motion. ``A lady's feeble voice.'' --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Feeble \Fee"ble\, v. t. To make feble; to enfeeble. [Obs.] Shall that victorious hand be feebled here? --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: feeble adj 1: pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument" [syn: {lame}] 2: lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice" [syn: {faint}] 3: lacking physical strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless" [syn: {decrepit}, {infirm}, {sapless}, {weak}, {weakly}] 4: lacking strength; "a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne [syn: {nerveless}]
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