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Definition & Synonyms
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• Weaken
- (v. i.) To become weak or weaker; to lose strength, spirit, or determination; to become less positive or resolute; as, the patient weakened; the witness weakened on cross-examination.
- (v. t.) To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weaken the hands of a magistrate; to weaken the force of an objection or an argument.
- (v. t.) To reduce in quality, strength, or spirit; as, to weaken tea; to weaken any solution or decoction.
Synonyms:
Break, Counteract, Countermine, Damp, Dampen, Sabotage, Soften, Subvert, Undermine,
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• Weakener
- (n.) One who, or that which, weakens.
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