Weaken /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Weakened; p. pr. & vb. n. Weakening

1. 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.

   Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done.

2. To reduce in quality, strength, or spirit; as, to weaken tea; to weaken any solution or decoction.

1. 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.