affeeble

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verb

To enfeeble.

OriginMiddle English affeeble ← Old French afeblir →
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Meanings

verbaffeeble (third-person singular simple present affeebles, present participle affeebling, simple past and past participle affeebled)

present singular third person affeebles · participle present affeebling · participle past affeebled · past affeebled

  1. obsoleteTo enfeeble.

Origin

  1. Old Frenchafeblir
  2. Middle Englishaffeeble
  3. Englishaffeeble

From Middle English affeeble, from Old French afeblir, afeblier, from a- + feblier (“weaken”), from fieble (“feeble”). See feeble.

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APA

affeeble. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affeeble

MLA

“affeeble.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affeeble. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “affeeble,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affeeble.

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