IMBECILE

a. n. v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; esp., mentally wea; feeble-minded; as, hospitals for the imbecile and insane.

2.
n.

One destitute of strength; esp., one of feeble mind.

3.
v.

To weaken; to make imbecile; as, to imbecile men's courage. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.


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