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weaken

  • 1 weaken

    verb (to (cause to) become weak, especially in physical strength or character: The patient has weakened; The strain of the last few days has weakened him.) εξασθενίζω, αποδυναμώνω

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  • 2 Weaken

    v. trans.
    Impair: P. and V. βλάπτειν, διαφθείρειν, φθείρειν, λυμαίνεσθαι acc. or dat.), P. κακοῦν, V. ἀμαυροῦν; see Enervate.
    Break down: P. and V. καταγνύναι.
    Dull: P. and V. ἀμβλύνειν, ἀπαμβλύνειν, V. καταμβλύνειν.
    Lessen: P. ἐλασσοῦν.

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Weaken

  • 3 weaken

    1) αποδυναμώνομαι
    2) αποδυναμώνω

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  • 4 deaden

    verb (to lessen, weaken or make less sharp, strong etc: That will deaden the pain.) αμβλύνω

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  • 5 impair

    [im'peə]
    (to damage, weaken or make less good: He was told that smoking would impair his health.) βλάπτω,εξασθενίζω

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  • 6 sap

    I [sæp] noun
    (the liquid in trees, plants etc: The sap flowed out when he broke the stem of the flower.) οπός,χυμός
    II [sæp] past tense, past participle - sapped; verb
    (to weaken or destroy (a person's strength, confidence, courage etc): The disease slowly sapped his strength.) υποσκάπτω

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  • 7 shake

    [ʃeik] 1. past tense - shook; verb
    1) (to (cause to) tremble or move with jerks: The explosion shook the building; We were shaking with laughter; Her voice shook as she told me the sad news.) σείω/-ομαι,δονώ/-ούμαι,κουνώ/κουνιέμαι,τρέμω
    2) (to shock, disturb or weaken: He was shaken by the accident; My confidence in him has been shaken.) ταράζω,κλονίζω
    2. noun
    1) (an act of shaking: He gave the bottle a shake.) κούνημα,τράνταγμα,χτύπημα
    2) (drink made by shaking the ingredients together vigorously: a chocolate milk-shake.) χτυπημένο ποτό
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    - shaky
    - shakily
    - shakiness
    - shake-up
    - no great shakes
    - shake one's fist at
    - shake one's head
    - shake off
    - shake up

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  • 8 undermine

    1) (to make (eg a building) insecure by digging away or destroying the base or foundations: The road was being undermined by a stream.) υποσκάπτω
    2) (to weaken (eg a person's health or authority): Constant hard work had undermined his health.) υποσκάπτω, υπονομεύω

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  • 9 weak

    [wi:k]
    1) (lacking in physical strength: Her illness has made her very weak.) αδύναμος
    2) (not strong in character: I'm very weak when it comes to giving up cigarettes.) αδύναμος, που του λείπει το σθένος
    3) ((of a liquid) diluted; not strong: weak tea.) αραιός
    4) ((of an explanation etc) not convincing.) διόλου πειστικός
    5) ((of a joke) not particularly funny.) `κρύος` (για αστείο)
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    - weaken
    - weakling
    - weakness
    - have a weakness for

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  • 10 Impoverish

    v. trans.
    Use P. and V. πένητα ποιεῖν (acc.); see also Spoil, Weaken.

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Impoverish

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  • Weaken — Weak en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Weakened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weakening}.] [1913 Webster] 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • weaken — weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, undermine, sap, cripple, disable can mean to lose or cause to lose, strength, vigor, or energy. Weaken, the most general term of this group, most frequently implies loss of the physical strength or functional… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • weaken — [wē′kən] vt., vi. to make or become weak or weaker weakener n. SYN. WEAKEN, the most general of these words, implies a lessening of strength, power, soundness, etc. [weakened by disease, to weaken an argument ]; DEBILITATE suggests a partial or… …   English World dictionary

  • Weaken — Weak en, 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. His notion weakens, his discernings are lethargied.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • weaken — index adulterate, alleviate, attenuate, countervail, damage, debase, debilitate, denature, deplete …   Law dictionary

  • weaken — 1520s, from WEAK (Cf. weak) + EN (Cf. en) (1). The earlier verb was simply weak (late 14c.). Related: Weakened; weakening …   Etymology dictionary

  • weaken — [v] reduce the strength of abate, adulterate, break up, cripple, crumble, cut, debase, debilitate, decline, decrease, depress, devitalize, dilute, diminish, droop, dwindle, ease up, enervate, exhaust, fade, fail, faint, flag, give way, halt,… …   New thesaurus

  • weaken — ► VERB ▪ make or become weak …   English terms dictionary

  • 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

  • weaken — verb ADVERB ▪ considerably, greatly, seriously, severely, significantly, substantially ▪ badly ▪ The military was badly weakened by the sanctions …   Collocations dictionary

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