2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Weaken \Weak"en\, v. t. [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 1.6 [wn]:
weakened
adj 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}]
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