v. Obs. [var. of AFFEEBLISH v.; see prec.] trans. To enfeeble. Hence Effeeblishing vbl. sb. Effeeblishment sb., weakening.
1570–80. T. Hacket, Amadis of Gaule, 305. The brave Lyons … shall be brought under, and the strength of their clawes effeeblished.
1540. Raynald, Byrth Mankynde (1634), 123. To the great effeeblishing of the woman. Ibid. (1634), 49. For in some they linger upon five, sixe, seven, yea eight dayes at each Terme, to their great effeeblishment.
