Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for EN-FEE'BLE
EN-FEE'BLE, v.t. [from feeble.]
To deprive of strength to reduce the strength or force of; to weaken; to debilitate; to enervate. Intemperance enfeebles the body, and induces premature infirmity. Excessive grief and melancholy enfeeble the mind. Long wars enfeeble a state.
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