enfeeble

Verb
Synonyms: debilitatedrain

WordNet 3.0

Verb (1)

  1. make weak“Life in the camp drained him”Synonyms: debilitatedrain
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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