weaken

weaken is a   Verb

Definition:

[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.

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