v. Obs. [variant of AFFEEBLE or ENFEEBLE; the prefix being assimilated to EF-.] trans. To enfeeble.

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1571.  Golding, Calvin on Ps. xlviii. 8. The welfare of the Church … may … be sore shaken, but yit not so effeebled that it shuld fal.

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1581.  Marbeck, Bk. of Notes, 326. That foule [Eagle] is … not effeebled by yeeres, nor subject to diseases.

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