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of strength or resolution; a fault; a defect. Many take pleasure in spreading abroad the weakness of an exalted character. Spectator.

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

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

r; a phantom. "The heavenly bands . . . a glorious apparition." Milton. I think it is the weakness of mine eyes That shapes this monstrous apparition. Shak.

Weakness of sight. Quain. -- As`the*nop"ic, a.

Want of tone; weakness of the system, or of any organ, especially of such as are contractile.

e of bromine or one of its compounds. It is characterized by mental dullness and muscular weakness.

The state or quality of being childish; simplicity; harmlessness; weakness of intellect.

ic disease of young women, characterized by a greenish or grayish yellow hue of the skin, weakness, palpitation, etc.

be destroyed. Wordsworth. The consciousness of wrong brought with it the consciousness of weakness. Froude.

To recover health and strength gradually, after sickness or weakness; as, a patient begins to convalesce.

eath and strength after disease; the state of a body renewing its vigor after sickness or weakness; the time between the subsidence of a disease and complete restoration to health.

l effect of a picture. (c) (Mil.) The faculty or the act of comprehending at a glance the weakness or strength of a military position, of a certain arrangement of troops, the most advantageous position for a battlefield, etc.

The state of being broken in mind; imbecility or weakness of intellect; derangement.

Characterized by weakness or feeblness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe. Piles of mean andcrazy houses. Macualay. One of great riches, but a crazy constitution. Addison. They . . . got a crazy boat to carry them to the island. Jeffrey.

To move slowly, feebly, or timorously, as from unwillingness, fear, or weakness. The whining schoolboy . . . creeping, like snail, Unwillingly to school. Shak. Like guilty thing, Icreep. Tennyson.

The act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated; weakness.

The state of being weak; weakness; feebleness; languor. The inconveniences of too strong a perspiration, which are debility, faintness, and sometimes sudden death. Arbuthnot.

bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend. "With declining head." Shak. He . . . would decline even to the lowest of his family. Lady Hutchinson. Disdaining to decline, Slowly he falls, amidst triumphant cries. Byron.…

A low condition; weakness; inability. [R.] A dejection of appetite. Arbuthnot.