Past tense of weaken
regular verb
The past tense of weaken is weakened. The past participle is also weakened.
Forms of weaken
| Base form (V1) | weaken /ˈwikən/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | weakened /ˈwiː.kənd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | weakened /ˈwiː.kənd/ |
| Present participle | weakening |
| Third person singular | weakens |
Weakened in a sentence
- Over the years my enthusiasm for the job has weakened.
- Powerful and aggressive forces are constantly probing, now here, now there, to see whether the free world is weakened.1958, President Dwight Eisenhower, 3:06 from the start, in President Eisenhower Speaks On The Formosa Situation (1958), British Pathé
- His commitment to remaining a flat-earther seems to be strengthened by counterarguments rather than weakened by them.From the entry flat-earther
- His weakened immune system couldn't cope with the infection.From the entry weakened
- She was too weakened by sickness to assert her okayness at full volume.2021, Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland, #Merky Books, page 155. From the entry okayness
Meaning of weaken
- verb To make weaker or less strong.
- verb To become weaker or less strong.
Questions about the past tense of weaken
- What is the past tense of weaken?
- The past tense of weaken is weakened.
- What is the past participle of weaken?
- The past participle of weaken is weakened.
- Is weaken a regular or irregular verb?
- Weaken is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: weaken (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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