† affeeblishv.

Forms: late Middle English–1500s affeblyssh.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French afebliss-, afeblir.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman afebliss-, Anglo-Norman and Middle French affebliss-, extended stem (compare -ish suffix²) of Anglo-Norman afeblir, Anglo-Norman and Middle French affeblir affeeble v. Compare earlier affeeble v., enfeeble v., enfeeblish v., feeble v., feeblish v.

Obsolete.

transitive. To weaken, enfeeble. Also intransitive. Cf. affeeble v.

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

c1450 (?c1425) E. Hull tr. Seven Psalms (1995) 34 Hys reson was afeblysschyd and the sowle so languyssous of so ryght sorful langour that noon myght hele.

1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxxxviii. 120 Wyn taken ouer mesure..affeblyssheth the brayne.

c1500 Melusine (1895) xxxvi. 241 Wherfore, they seyng that the ioustes affeblysshid for cause of them, they departed fro the lystes & toke of theire armeures.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	affeeblish
释义	† affeeblishv. Forms: late Middle English–1500s affeblyssh. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French afebliss-, afeblir. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman afebliss-, Anglo-Norman and Middle French affebliss-, extended stem (compare -ish suffix²) of Anglo-Norman afeblir, Anglo-Norman and Middle French affeblir affeeble v. Compare earlier affeeble v., enfeeble v., enfeeblish v., feeble v., feeblish v. Obsolete. transitive. To weaken, enfeeble. Also intransitive. Cf. affeeble v. 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 c1450 (?c1425) E. Hull tr. Seven Psalms (1995) 34 Hys reson was afeblysschyd and the sowle so languyssous of so ryght sorful langour that noon myght hele. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxxxviii. 120 Wyn taken ouer mesure..affeblyssheth the brayne. c1500 Melusine (1895) xxxvi. 241 Wherfore, they seyng that the ioustes affeblysshid for cause of them, they departed fro the lystes & toke of theire armeures. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.c1450
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