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Definition of Enfeebling
1. Adjective. Causing debilitation.
Similar to: Debilitating
Derivative terms: Debilitate
Definition of Enfeebling
1. Verb. (present participle of enfeeble) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Enfeebling
1. enfeeble [v] - See also: enfeeble
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enfeebling
Literary usage of Enfeebling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art. by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1856)
"... or enfeebling of vision, and different precautions were used to moderate the
effects of the gas, or diminishing the force of the jet, or its distance; ..."
2. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India: an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1809)
"... Each noble passion from thy breast erased, Nerveless in sloth, enfeebling arts
thy boast, Oh ! Italy, how fallen, how low, how lost! ..."
3. Practical therapeutics by Edward John Waring (1874)
"... and cheeks the enfeebling sweats : and certainly, in some instances, is
productive of effects which are sought in vain from quinine and other bitters. ..."
4. On the Functions of the Brain and of Each of Its Parts: With Observations on by Franz Josef Gall (1835)
"Excessive Propensity to kill, enfeebling Moral Liberty. There is in man an
inclination, which varies in degree, from simple indifference at seeing animals ..."
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