transitive verb.
To deprive of strength; make feeble.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To make feeble; deprive of strength; reduce the strength or force of; weaken; debilitate; enervate: as, intemperance enfeebles the body; long wars enfeeble a state.
Synonyms See list under enervate.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
transitive verb.
To make feeble; to deprive of strength; to reduce the strength or force of; to weaken; to debilitate.
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verb.
make weak
Word Usage
"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."