WEAKEN
\wˈiːkən], \wˈiːkən], \w_ˈiː_k_ə_n]\
Definitions of WEAKEN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
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lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
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reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis"
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lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body"
By Princeton University
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destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
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lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
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reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis"
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lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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To reduce in quality, strength, or spirit; as, to weaken tea; to weaken any solution or decoction.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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To reduce in quality, strength, or spirit; as, to weaken tea; to weaken any solution or decoction.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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