Emily Dickinson Lexicon — WAY-MENT

In the Ottoman empire, the governor of a small town or province, which not forming a pashawlic, is the appendage of some great officer; also, a mussulman charged with the collection of taxes, or with the police of a place.
In Poland, the governor of a province. Cyc.

WAY-WODE-SHIP, n.

The province or jurisdiction of a waywode. Eton.

WAY-WORN, a.

Wearied by traveling.

WE, pron. [plur.]

plural of I; or rather a different word, denoting, the person speaking and another or others with him. I and John, the speaker calls we, or I and John and Thomas; or I and many others. In the objective case, us. We is used to express men in general, including the speaker. Vice seen too oft, familiar with her face We first endure, then pity, then embrace. Pope.

WEAK, a. [Sax. waac, wace; G. weich, schwach; D. zwak; Dan. veeg, vaeg; Sw. vek. The primary sense of the root is to yield, fail, give way, recede, or to be soft.]

Having little physical strength; feeble. Children are born weak; men are rendered weak by disease.
Infirm; not healthy; as, a weak constitution.
Not able to bear a great weight; as, a weak bridge; weak timber.
Not strong; not compact; easily broken; as, a weak ship; a weak rope.
Not able to resist a violent attack; as, a weak fortress.
Soft; pliant; not stiff.
Low; small; feeble: as, a weak voice.
Feeble of mind; wanting spirit; wanting vigor of understanding; as, a weak prince; a weak magistrate. To think every thing disputable, is a proof of a weak mind and captious temper. Beattie.
Not much impregnated with ingredients, or with things that excite action, or with stimulating and nourishing substances; as, weak broth; weak tea; weak toddy; a weak solution; weak decoction.
Not politically powerful; as, a weak nation or state.
Not having force of authority or energy; as, a weak government.
Not having moral force or power to convince; not well supported by truth or reason; as, a weak argument.
Not well supported by argument; as, weak reasoning.
Unfortified; accessible; impressible; as, the weak side of a person.
Not having full conviction or confidence; as, weak in faith.
Weak land is land of a light thin soil. Cyc. [I believe never used in New England.]

WEAK, v.i.

To become weak. [Not used.] Chaucer.

WEAK, v.t.

To make weak. [Not used.]

WEAK-EN, v.t. wee'kn. [Sax. wacan, to languish, to vacillate.]

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

WEAK-EN-ED, pp.

Debilitated; enfeebled; reduced in strength.

WEAK-EN-ER, n.

He or that which weakens.

WEAK-EN-ING, ppr.

Debilitating; enfeebling; reducing the strength or vigor of anything.
a. Having the quality of reducing strength.

WEAK-EY-ED, a.

Having weak eyes.

WEAK-HEAD-ED, a.

Having a weak intellect.

WEAK-HEART-ED, a.

Having little courage; dispirited.

WEAK-LING, n.

A feeble creature. Shak.

WEAK-LY, a.

Not strong of constitution; infirm; as, a weakly woman; man of a weakly constitution. Ralegh.

WEAKLY, adv.

Feebly; with little physical strength; faintly; not forcibly; as, a fortress weakly defended.
With want of efficacy. Was plighted faith so weakly seal'd above? Dryden.
With feebleness of mind or intellect; indiscreetly; injuriously. Beneath pretended justice weakly fall. Dryden.
Timorously; with little courage or fortitude.

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