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weakening |
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]: weakening adj 1: causing debilitation [syn: {debilitative}, {enervating}, {enfeebling}] 2: moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker n 1: becoming weaker [ant: {strengthening}] 2: the act of reducing the strength of something [ant: {strengthening}]
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