What is "weakened"

Weaken \Weak"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Weakened; p. pr. & vb. n. Weakening.]

1. 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.

2. To reduce in quality, strength, or spirit; as, to weaken tea; to weaken any solution or decoction.

1. Reduced, made less strong. v

2. (en-past of: weaken)

1. adj. impaired by diminution [syn: diminished, lessened, vitiated]

2. made weak or weaker

3. reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording" [syn: attenuate, attenuated, faded]

4. mixed with water; "sold cut whiskey"; "a cup of thinned soup" [syn: cut, thinned]

5. used of inanimate objects or their value [syn: hurt]