Decrepit vs Enfeebled - What's the difference?
decrepit | enfeebled | Related terms |
(enfeeble)
To make feeble.
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* 1774, Dr Samuel Johnson, Preface to the Works of the English Poets , J. Nichols, Volume II, Page 130,
Decrepit is a related term of enfeebled.
As verbs the difference between decrepit and enfeebled
is that decrepit is while enfeebled is (enfeeble).decrepit
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* decrepid (obsolete)Derived terms
* decrepitly * decrepitudeExternal links
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*enfeebled
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(head)enfeeble
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(enfeebl)Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe", The Guardian , 8 September 2014:
- In the face of enfeebled , self-harming opposition on both sides of the border (and a miserable economic recession on both sides too) he has performed brilliantly.
- "...the gout, with which he had long been tormented, prevailed over the enfeebled powers of nature."