'Enfeeble' definitions:
Definition of 'enfeeble'
(from WordNet)
verb
Make weak; "Life in the camp drained him" [syn: enfeeble, debilitate, drain]
Definition of 'Enfeeble'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'enfeeble'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- afflict,
- attenuate,
- blunt,
- bugger,
- cramp,
- cripple,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-energize,
- deaden,
- debilitate,
- derange,
- devitalize,
- disable,
- disenable,
- disorder,
- drain,
- dull,
- enervate,
- eviscerate,
- exhaust,
- extenuate,
- gruel,
- hamstring,
- hors de combat,
- hospitalize,
- inactivate,
- incapacitate,
- indispose,
- invalid,
- kibosh,
- lame,
- lay low,
- lay up,
- maim,
- mitigate,
- put,
- queer,
- queer the works,
- rattle,
- reduce,
- sabotage,
- sap,
- shake,
- shake up,
- sicken,
- soften up,
- spike,
- unbrace,
- undermine,
- unfit,
- unman,
- unnerve,
- unstrengthen,
- unstring,
- weaken,
- wing,
- wreck