FEEBLING

Verb

feebling

present participle of feeble

Noun

feebling (plural feeblings)

A feeble person.

Source: Wiktionary


FEEBLE

Fee"ble, a. [Compar. Feebler; superl. Feeblest.] Etym: [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 strenght; 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.

Fee"ble, v. t.

Definition: To make feble; to enfeeble. [Obs.] Shall that victorious hand be feebled here Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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BREAK

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