to infirm
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8.1
- verb
- /ɪnˈfɜrm/
- Archaic
:
debilitar
- The harsh winter infirmed many of the elderly residents in the community, leaving them in need of extra care.
Examples
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After years of illness, the doctors finally infirmed him, leading to a long recovery process.
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Much credit has been given to the always-resourceful coach Rick Adelman for keeping his team moving forward without the infirmed Ricky Rubio, Kevin Love, Brandon Roy, and now Chase Budinger.
Blog text (25) -
Once the place had been called Sisters of Mercy Hospital for the Infirmed.
Fiction book (1991) -
We live active lives until we die, rather than active lives until we get infirmed and then stay infirmed until we die.
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Changing Medicare into a voucher system to make sure the insurance companies get their share of preying on the infirmed.
Blog text (4) -
People are in denial, but Obamacare definitely rations care to the elderly and younger infirmed.
Blog text (13) -
In fact, the infirmed M'Call, who suffered from an unspecified illness that confined him to a rolling chair, did little more than lift passages from his predecessor's work and make slight changes in phrasing.
Academic text (2015) -
His constant stress and poor diet infirmed his health, causing him to become weaker over time.
Synonyms
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7.7
To make a person, animal, or thing weak and less able to work
Antonyms
How Weakening
- NSFW
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6.8
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7.7
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8.4
- Archaic
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8.1
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5.6
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2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Infirm comes from the parts in- 'not' and firm 'strong'. So to infirm someone is to make them 'not strong' — to weaken their health or power.