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Feeble

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Fee″ble (fē″b'l), a. [Compar.Feebler (–blẽr); superl.Feeblest (–blĕst).] [OE. feble, OF. feble, flebe, floibe, floible, foible, F. faible, L. flebilis to be wept over, lamentable, wretched, fr. flere to weep. Cf. Foible.] 1. Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.

Carried all the feeble of them upon asses. 2 Chron. xxviii. 15.

2. Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion. “A lady's feeble voice.” Shak.