enfeeble

• vt.弱める；無力にする

en-「入る」、「させる」 enfeeble「弱らせる」。

enfeeble (v.)

"to cause to weaken, deprive of strength," mid-14c., from Old French enfeblir "become weak," from en- (see en- (1)) + feble (see feeble). Related: Enfeebled; enfeebling; enfeeblement.

1. By undue profoundity we perplex and enfeeble thought.

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