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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Infirm \In*firm"\, v. t. [L. infirmare : cf F. infirmer.] To weaken; to enfeeble. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Infirm \In*firm"\ ([i^]n*f[~e]rm"), a. [L. infirmus: cf F. infirme. See {In-} not and {Firm}, a.] 1. Not firm or sound; weak; feeble; as an infirm body; an infirm constitution. A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man. --Shak. 2. Weak of mind or will irresolute; vacillating. ``An infirm judgment.'' --Burke. Infirm of purpose! --Shak. 3. Not solid or stable; insecure; precarious. He who fixes on false principles treads or infirm ground. --South. Syn: Debilitated; sickly; feeble; decrepit; weak; enfeebled; irresolute; vacillating; imbecile. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: infirm adj 1: confined to bed (by illness) [syn: {bedfast}, {bedridden}, {bedrid}, {sick-abed}] 2: lacking physical strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless" [syn: {decrepit}, {feeble}, {sapless}, {weak}, {weakly}] 3: lacking firmness of will or character or purpose; "infirm of purpose; give me the daggers" - Shakespeare 4: weak and feeble; "I'm feeling seedy today" [syn: {debilitated}, {enfeebled}, {seedy}]
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