IMPAIR
\ɪmpˈe͡ə], \ɪmpˈeə], \ɪ_m_p_ˈeə]\
Definitions of IMPAIR
- 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
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character, the mind, value.
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Not fit or appropriate.
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Diminution; injury.
By Oddity Software
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To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character, the mind, value.
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Not fit or appropriate.
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Diminution; injury.
By Noah Webster.
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To make worse; lessen in quantity, excellence, value, or strength; weaken; harm; as, the use of alcoholic drinks impairs the health.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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