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INFIRM
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking firmness of will or character or purpose
Example:
infirm of purpose; give me the daggers
Classified under:
Similar:
irresolute (uncertain how to act or proceed)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
Example:
her body looked sapless
Synonyms:
debile; decrepit; feeble; infirm; rickety; sapless; weak; weakly
Classified under:
Similar:
frail (physically weak)
Derivation:
infirmity (the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age))
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb infirm
