Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)To make feeble; to enfeeble.

Examples

16 sentences

  1. I don't want to hear your feeble excuses.

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  2. Tom is very feeble.

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  3. Tom has a feeble memory.

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  4. Tom is old and feeble.

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  5. Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

    Марновірство - це релігія слабкого розуму. — aandrusiak

    ruСуеверие — это религия слабоумных. — odexed

    deAberglaube ist die Religion der schwachen Geister. — Hans_Adler

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Origin

From Middle English feble, from Anglo-Norman feble (“weak, feeble”) (compare French faible

From Middle English feble, from Anglo-Norman feble (“weak, feeble”) (compare French faible), from Latin flēbilis (“tearful, mournful, lamentable”) by dissimilation, from fleō (“to weep, cry”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-. Doublet of foible.

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Forms

feebles, feebling, feebled, feebled
Base formfeeble · to feeble
3rd person singularfeebles
Present participlefeebling
Past simplefeebled
Past participlefeebled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfeeble
he, she, itfeebles

Past simpleLesson

all personsfeebled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave feebled
he, she, ithas feebled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill feeble

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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