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ength of body; feeble; infirm; sickly; debilitated; enfeebled; exhausted. A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man. Shak. Weak with hunger, mad with love. Dryden.

Having little courage; of feeble spirit; dispirited; faint- hearted. "Weak-hearted enemies." Shak.

Having weak knees; hence, easily yielding; wanting resolution. H. James.

Having a weak mind, either naturally or by reason of disease; feebleminded; foolish; idiotic. -- Weak"-mind`ed*ness, n.

To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weaken the hands of a magistrate; to weaken the force of an objection or an argument. Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Neh. vi. 9.…

One who, or that which, weakens. "[Fastings] weakeners of sin." South.

enus Cynoscion; a squeteague; -- so called from its tender mouth. See Squeteague. Spotted weakfish (Zoöl.), the spotted squeteague.

Somewhat weak; rather weak.

Quality or state of being weakish.

A weak or feeble creature. Shak. "All looking on him as a weakling, which would post to the grave." Fuller. We may not be weaklings because we have a strong enemy. Latimer.

In a weak manner; with little strength or vigor; feebly.

The quality or state of being weak; want of strength or firmness; lack of vigor; want of resolution or of moral strength; feebleness.

Too weak; too feeble.

To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose. Shak.

upied; as, an absent air. What is commonly called an absent man is commonly either a very weak or a very affected man. Chesterfield.

A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.

der; wonderful; marvelous. [Obs.] In man there is nothing admirable but his ignorance and weakness. Jer. Taylor.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, debility of the vital powers; weak.

Weakness of sight, without and opacity of the cornea, or of the interior of the eye; the first degree of amaurosis.

-red mineral, of the zeolite, occurring in isometric crystals. By friction, it acquires a weak electricity; hence its name.