Verb (used with object), : That bout of pneumonia enfeebled him. From Dictionary.com.
The bill greatly modified and "enfeebled" as its original friends regarded it, finally passed on the day before the close of the first session. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States] Reference
Also, why is Grace considered "enfeebled" because her life becomes focused on Sam (which seems natural in any new relationship), and Sam is not?. From Wordnik.com. [Today's Book Review] Reference
DELHI: The BJP was "enfeebled" by so much "disarray" at the top never before witnessed in its. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Bharti to keep busy despite MTN failure: analysts] Reference
In Europe, we can see how the welfare state puts in place a system of incentives that creates a new kind of enfeebled man, but that's not exactly correct. From Wordnik.com. [The Constitution Club] Reference
His goal: To help the U. K.'s enfeebled Tories survive. From Wordnik.com. [Living Politics: Will The Next Churchill Please Stand Up] Reference
In one sense he is even enfeebled by his ethical nature. From Wordnik.com. [The Life Radiant] Reference
I found him terribly enfeebled; greatly emaciated; sallow complexion. From Wordnik.com. [The Electric Bath] Reference
It is characterized by a generally enfeebled state, the patient having. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI)] Reference
Some knowledgeable people feel strongly that his late work is thin and enfeebled. From Wordnik.com. [The Twilight Of A God] Reference
Warner was no more enfeebled in body than many of the other men, but his fortitude had given out. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
It has liberated the master as well as the slave from a relation which wronged and enfeebled both. From Wordnik.com. [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference
And by there, I mean it's unabashed in its trashiness, making The Gates seem enfeebled by comparison. From Wordnik.com. [Jonathan Bernstein's Aerial View of American TV] Reference
"Good-night, then," said Mamma Delobelle, her enfeebled sight being unable to endure the light longer. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
It's helping Apple because Microsoft is better off having an enfeebled Apple alive than having Apple dead. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Does What's Good For Bill] Reference
He also claimed that the magnetic virtue of healthy persons attracted the enfeebled magnetism of the sick. From Wordnik.com. [Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing] Reference
In either of these cases, the peristaltic action of the intestines becomes enfeebled, and constipation ensues. From Wordnik.com. [A Newly Discovered System of Electrical Medication] Reference
Here they found Mrs. Quirk, very enfeebled, but smiling a glad welcome, and old Samuel Quirk, to greet them warmly. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
With an enfeebled voice, yet with a courageous air, he charged the responsibility for that day's patchwork upon the. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States] Reference
Constantly engaging in the blame game makes the president look enfeebled and whiny rather than sturdy and confident. From Wordnik.com. [The Blame Bush Strategy Won't Work] Reference
The rich often play a pivotal role in U.S. economic growth, and if they are enfeebled, then the consequences are widespread. From Wordnik.com. [How the Mighty Have Fallen] Reference
She had never possessed a strong mind and the various chances and changes of her life had enfeebled instead of strengthening it. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
What Simmy hinted at was the vulture work among the dead and the wounded too enfeebled to protect themselves from being plundered. From Wordnik.com. [Ride Proud, Rebel!] Reference
The task of landing the enfeebled crew and the poor lady and child in such a great sea was dangerous, but it was accomplished safely. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of the Goodwin Sands] Reference
The Carolinean troops, enfeebled by the heat, dispirited by sickness, and fatigued by fruitless efforts, marched away in large bodies. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2] Reference
I found my mother less enfeebled than I had expected; and still affectionate and tender, as she had always been to her long-absent son. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845] Reference
Among external causes anything bringing about an enfeebled condition might be supposed to lead to atrophy, or suppression of some parts. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
Upon my word, it seems to me that we are unsettled, enfeebled, loving nothing and loving everything, ready to commit all sorts of follies. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Germany's "Reformstopp," as it's popularly called, would be bad enough if the fallout were confined to the country's own enfeebled economy. From Wordnik.com. [OSTRICH POLITIK] Reference
How he had taken advantage of Holt's enfeebled state to gain over him the most complete, horrible, and, indeed, almost incredible ascendency. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
Her husband took the fever from her, and, being old and his constitution enfeebled by the dissipation of his earlier days, he came near dying. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
Her enfeebled condition had added to his anxiety, and he had had many hours of mental anguish as he looked toward the dark and lowering future. From Wordnik.com. [The Radio Boys at the Sending Station Making Good in the Wireless Room] Reference
NTV is the sole remaining independent television channel in Russia, the only voice of the country's increasingly enfeebled political opposition. From Wordnik.com. [All Putin All The Time] Reference
Which brings us to California, where piling on enfeebled utilities and customers by power generators and power traders has become a way of life. From Wordnik.com. [Profiting From The Darkness] Reference
The first of these I have employed in anæmic and enfeebled conditions generally, but especially in chlorosis and chlorotic hysteria, with marked success. From Wordnik.com. [The Electric Bath] Reference
Yeltsin's spokesman quickly made it plain that the president, even in his enfeebled state, had no intention of giving up any of his constitutional powers. From Wordnik.com. [President-In-Waiting] Reference
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