KJV Dictionary Definition: weaken

weaken

WEAKEN, v.t.

1. To lessen the strength of, or to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; as, to weaken the body; to weaken the mind; to weaken the hands of the magistrate; to weaken the force of an objection or an argument.

2. To reduce in strength or spirit; as, to weaken tea; to weaken any solution or decoction.

weakened

WEAKENED, pp. Debilitated; enfeebled; reduced in strength.

weakener

WEAKENER, n. He or that which weakens.

weakening

WEAKENING, ppr. Debilitating; enfeebling; reducing the strength or vigor of any thing.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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