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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Infirm \In*firm"\, v. t. [L. infirmare : cf F. infirmer.]
To weaken; to enfeeble. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Infirm \In*firm"\ ([i^]n*f[~e]rm"), a. [L. infirmus: cf F.
infirme. See {In-} not and {Firm}, a.]
1. Not firm or sound; weak; feeble; as an infirm body; an
infirm constitution.
A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man. --Shak.
2. Weak of mind or will irresolute; vacillating. ``An infirm
judgment.'' --Burke.
Infirm of purpose! --Shak.
3. Not solid or stable; insecure; precarious.
He who fixes on false principles treads or infirm
ground. --South.
Syn: Debilitated; sickly; feeble; decrepit; weak; enfeebled;
irresolute; vacillating; imbecile.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
infirm
adj 1: confined to bed (by illness) [syn: {bedfast}, {bedridden}, {bedrid},
{sick-abed}]
2: lacking physical strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman";
"her body looked sapless" [syn: {decrepit}, {feeble}, {sapless},
{weak}, {weakly}]
3: lacking firmness of will or character or purpose; "infirm of
purpose; give me the daggers" - Shakespeare
4: weak and feeble; "I'm feeling seedy today" [syn: {debilitated},
{enfeebled}, {seedy}]
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