weakens (verb)

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• weaken — verb (weakened; weakening) Date: 1530 transitive verb 1. to make weak ; lessen the strength of 2. to reduce in intensity or effectiveness intransitive verb to become weak • weakener noun Synonyms …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• debilitate — verb (T) 1 if illness, heat, hunger etc debilitates someone, it makes their body or mind weak: debilitated by fever 2 if an action debilitates an organization or structure, it weakens its authority or effectiveness …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• weaken — [[t]wi͟ːkən[/t]] ♦♦♦ weakens, weakening, weakened 1) V ERG If you weaken something or if it weakens, it becomes less strong or less powerful. [V n] The recession has weakened so many firms that many can no longer survive... [V n] The Prime… …   English dictionary

• weaken — weak‧en [ˈwiːkən] verb 1. [intransitive, transitive] FINANCE if investments, prices, currencies etc weaken, or something weakens them, they begin to fall in value: • A combination of low US interest rates and a rising Euro will weaken the dollar …   Financial and business terms

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• weaken */*/ — UK [ˈwiːkən] / US [ˈwɪkən] verb Word forms weaken : present tense I/you/we/they weaken he/she/it weakens present participle weakening past tense weakened past participle weakened 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to make someone physically less… …   English dictionary