1.
[syn: enfeeble, debilitate, drain]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
Enfeebled by scanty subsistence and excessive toil.
--Prescott.
Syn: To weaken; debilitate; enervate.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
enfeeble
v 1: make weak; "Life in the camp drained him" [syn: enfeeble,
debilitate, drain]