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Definition of: feeble
(fē′bəl) adjective fee·bler, fee·blest
1. Lacking muscular power; frail; infirm.
2. Lacking strength for support or resistance; weak: a feeble barrier.
3. Lacking force, energy, or vigor. See synonyms under FAINT, LITTLE, MEAGER, PUSILLANIMOUS. [<OF feble <fleible weak <L flebilis tearful <flere weep. Related to FOIBLE.]
—fee′ble·ness noun
—fee′blish adjective
—fee′bly adverb
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