Obs. rare. In 5 febylyte, febylte. [f. FEEBLE a.; see -bility, -ITY.] = FEEBLENESS.

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1413.  Lydg., Pylgr. Sowle, II. lii. (1859), 54. ‘And why,’ quod I, ‘ben they dampned to eternall peyne that were so deceyued by the deuyl and by their owne flesshely febylyte?’

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c. 1450.  Capgrave, St. Kath. (E.E.T.S.), 180/165.

        Þat god hym-self no-þing wrothe schuld be
Wyth þin age ne wyth þi febylte.

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