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weakened

/ˈwi.kənd/ adjective B2
  1. Reduced; made less strong. · His weakened immune system couldn't cope with the infection.
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Absence had increased her desire of seeing Charlotte again, and weakened her disgust of Mr.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 175 · B2
Finally, he is anxious to see if you have been fortunate enough to escape the bad moral influence to which you have been exposed, and which is infinitely more to be dreaded than any physical suffering; he wishes to discover if the fine abilities with which nature had endowed you have been weakened by want of culture; and, in short, whether you consider yourself capable of resuming and retaining in the world the high position to which your rank entitles you.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 592 · C1
He resembles the old Conventionalist of ’93, who said to Napoleon, in 1814, ‘You bend because your empire is a young stem, weakened by rapid growth.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 753 · C1

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