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Definition of "enfeeble" [en•fee•ble]

  • To deprive of strength; make feeble. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "enfeeble" in a sentence
  • "It has failed to do so because, among other things, its restless campaign to enfeeble the African state and its role in the economy has not succeeded in overcoming the environment of unproductive and pervasive rent seeking, he said."
  • "It serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration."
  • "And it would enfeeble the Democratic Party for a generation."