INFIRM

a. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Not firm or sound; weak; feeble; as, an infirm body; an infirm constitution. A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man. Shak.

2.
a.

Weak of mind or will; irresolute; vacillating. "An infirm judgment." Burke. Infirm of purpose! Shak.

3.
a.

Not solid or stable; insecure; precarious. He who fixes on false principles treads or infirm ground. South.

4.
v.

To weaken; to enfeeble. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.


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