Weaken
verb — past tense: weakened ; past participle: weakened ; present participle: weakening ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (To make or become weaker) weaken the enemy ធ្វើឱ្យទន់ខ្សោយ, កម្លាំង
Example: Illness caused the old man to weaken. weaken the tea លាយ (ទឹក ។ល។) ឱ្យខ្សោយ - 2.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) ធ្វើអោយខ្សោយ, អន់ថយ, អន់ទៅ
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) Enemies weaken ទៅជាខ្សោយ, អន់ទៅ, determinations weaken អន់ថយ
ENGLISH MEANING
verb — past tense: weakened ; past participle: weakened ; present participle: weakening ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To reduce in quality, strength, or spirit; as, to weaken tea; to weaken any solution or decoction.
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To become weak or weaker; to lose strength, spirit, or determination; to become less positive or resolute; as, the patient weakened; the witness weakened on cross-examination.