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infeeble

infeeble is the archaic form of enfeeble.

Meaning of enfeeble

Verb

enfeeble (third-person singular simple present enfeebles, present participle enfeebling, simple past and past participle enfeebled)

  1. (transitive) To make feeble.
    • "...the gout, with which he had long been tormented, prevailed over the enfeebled powers of nature."1774, Dr Samuel Johnson, Preface to the Works of the English Poets, J. Nichols, Volume II, Page 130
    Synonyms:
    weaken

Forms of infeeble

third-person singular presentinfeebles
present participleinfeebling
past participleinfeebled
pastinfeebled

Questions about infeeble

What is infeeble the archaic form of?
Infeeble is the archaic form of enfeeble.

Words near infeeble in the dictionary

  1. infecundability
  2. infecundable
  3. infecundities
  4. infecundity
  5. infecundous
  6. infeeble
  7. infeebled
  8. infeebles
  9. infeebling
  10. infeed
  11. infeeds

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