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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Feeble \Fee"ble\ (f[=e]"b'l), a. [Compar. {Feebler} (-bl[~e]r); superl. {Feeblest} (-bl[e^]st).] [OE. feble, OF feble, flebe, floibe floible, foible, F. faible, L. flebilis to be wept over lamentable, wretched, fr flere to weep. Cf {Foible}.] 1. Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated. Carried all the feeble of them upon asses. --2 Chron. xxviii. 15. 2. Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as a feeble color; feeble motion. ``A lady's feeble voice.'' --Shak.
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