WEAKENED

hurt, weakened

(adjective) damaged; used of inanimate objects or their value

cut, thinned, weakened

(adjective) mixed with water; “sold cut whiskey”; “a cup of thinned soup”

attenuate, attenuated, faded, weakened

(adjective) reduced in strength; “the faded tones of an old recording”

diminished, lessened, vitiated, weakened

(adjective) impaired by diminution

weakened

(adjective) made weak or weaker

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

weakened (comparative more weakened, superlative most weakened)

Reduced, made less strong.

Verb

weakened

simple past tense and past participle of weaken

Source: Wiktionary


WEAKEN

Weak"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Weakened; p. pr. & vb. n. Weakening.]

1. To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weaken the hands of a magistrate; to weaken the force of an objection or an argument. Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Neh. vi. 9.

2. To reduce in quality, strength, or spirit; as, to weaken tea; to weaken any solution or decoction.

Weak"en, v. i.

Definition: To become weak or weaker; to lose strength, spirit, or determination; to become less positive or resolute; as, the patient weakened; the witness weakened on cross-examination. "His notion weakens, his discernings are lethargied." Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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