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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