FEEBLE
Fee"ble, v. t.
Defn: To make feble; to enfeeble. [Obs.]
Shall that victorious hand be feebled here Shak.
FEEBLE-MINDED
Fee"ble-mind"ed, a.
Defn: Weak in intellectual power; wanting firmness or constancy;
irresolute; vacilating; imbecile. "comfort the feeble-minded." 1
Thess. v. 14.
— Fee"ble-mind"ed*ness, n.
FEEBLENESS
Fee"ble*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or condition of being feeble; debility; infirmity.
That shakes for age and feebleness. Shak.
FEEBLY
Fee"bly, adv.
Defn: In a feeble manner.
The restored church . . . contended feebly, and with half a heart.
Macaulay.
FEED
Feed, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fed; p. pr. & vb. n. Feeding.] Etym: [AS.
f, fr. f food; akin to C. f, OFries f, f, D. voeden, OHG. fuottan,
Icel. fæ, Sw. föda, Dan. föde. Food.]
1. To give food to; to supply with nourishment; to satisfy the
physical huger of.
If thine enemy hunger, feed him. Rom. xii. 20.
Unreasonable reatures feed their young. Shak.