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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Enfeeble \En*fee"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enfeebled}; p. pr & vb n. {Enfeebling}.] [OF. enfeblir enfeiblir pref. en- (L. in) + feble, F. faible, feeble. See {Feeble}.] To make feeble; to deprive of strength; to reduce the strength or force of to weaken; to debilitate. Enfeebled by scanty subsistence and excessive toil. --Prescott. Syn: To weaken; debilitate; enervate. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: enfeeble v : make weak; "Life in the camp drained him" [syn: {debilitate}, {drain}]
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