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Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.

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  1. superl. Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.
  2. superl. Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion.
  3. v. t. To make feble; to enfeeble.
  4. adj. pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
  5. adj. lacking strength or vigor
  6. adj. lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
  7. adj. lacking strength
  8. 1. Deficient in physical strenght; weak; infirm; debilitated. Carried all the feeble of them upon asses. 2 Chron. xxviii. 15. 2. Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion. "A lady's feeble voice." Shak. To make feble; to enfeeble. [Obs.] Shall that victorious hand be feebled here Shak.
  9. To make feble; to enfeeble. [Obs.]Shall that victorious hand be feebled here Shak.
  10. j:100 s. pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness s. lacking strength