Word Meaning

weakens definition and meaning

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.
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.

Crossword clues for weakens

- Debilitate
- destabilise
- Dilute
- Enervate
- Reduce
- Sap
- Undermine
- With awe, Ken redesigned flag
- Debilitates
- Diminishes
- Enervates
- Lessens
- Makes less powerful
- Saps
- Undermines