† affeeblev.

Forms: Middle English afeble, Middle English–1600s affeeble, 1500s affeble.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French afeblir, afebler.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman afeblir, (with different conjugations) afebler, affebler, afeblier, affeblier, Anglo-Norman and Middle French affeblir (beginning of the 12th cent. in Old French; French affaiblir ) < a- a- prefix⁵ + feble feeble adj. Compare earlier enfeeble v. and later affeeblish v.The Anglo-Norman forms could alternatively show variants of enfeblir , enfebler enfeeble v.; see discussion at a- prefix¹.

Obsolete.

transitive. To weaken, enfeeble.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > weakening > weaken [verb (transitive)]

unstrengea1225

unstrength?c1225

feeblea1340

affeeblea1400

weakc1400

affeeblishc1450

enfeeblisha1492

pallc1500

weaken1569

effeeblish?1572

unstrengthen1598

labefy1620

unnerve1621

unmasculate1639

unbrace1711

sinka1715

infirmize1751

slacken1778

exhaust1860

society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)] > weaken (enemy or position)

affeeble?c1550

weaken1560

a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 165 (MED) If þer go ony breþ out, it wole afeble þe patient.

1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xii. xiv Thou hast this daye overmoch grevyd and affeebled my peple.

1524 R. Copland tr. J. de Bourbon Syege Cyte of Rodes in Begynnynge Ordre Knyghtes Hospytallers sig. Dij^v For euer to affeble the repayres & for to abasshe vs..day and nyght they ceased not to shote grete artyllery.

?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Three Bks. Eng. Hist. (1844) 68 Which affeebled no litle the force of Englande.

1606 W. Smith Black-smith 5 Had it bin..by inforcement of the Philistims their vtter enemies, the more to affeeble & inthrall them.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	affeeble
释义	† affeeblev. Forms: Middle English afeble, Middle English–1600s affeeble, 1500s affeble. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French afeblir, afebler. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman afeblir, (with different conjugations) afebler, affebler, afeblier, affeblier, Anglo-Norman and Middle French affeblir (beginning of the 12th cent. in Old French; French affaiblir ) < a- a- prefix⁵ + feble feeble adj. Compare earlier enfeeble v. and later affeeblish v.The Anglo-Norman forms could alternatively show variants of enfeblir , enfebler enfeeble v.; see discussion at a- prefix¹. Obsolete. transitive. To weaken, enfeeble. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > weakening > weaken [verb (transitive)] unstrengea1225 unstrength?c1225 feeblea1340 affeeblea1400 weakc1400 affeeblishc1450 enfeeblisha1492 pallc1500 weaken1569 effeeblish?1572 unstrengthen1598 labefy1620 unnerve1621 unmasculate1639 unbrace1711 sinka1715 infirmize1751 slacken1778 exhaust1860 society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)] > weaken (enemy or position) affeeble?c1550 weaken1560 a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 165 (MED) If þer go ony breþ out, it wole afeble þe patient. 1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xii. xiv Thou hast this daye overmoch grevyd and affeebled my peple. 1524 R. Copland tr. J. de Bourbon Syege Cyte of Rodes in Begynnynge Ordre Knyghtes Hospytallers sig. Dij^v For euer to affeble the repayres & for to abasshe vs..day and nyght they ceased not to shote grete artyllery. ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Three Bks. Eng. Hist. (1844) 68 Which affeebled no litle the force of Englande. 1606 W. Smith Black-smith 5 Had it bin..by inforcement of the Philistims their vtter enemies, the more to affeeble & inthrall them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.a1400
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