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overfeeble

adjective /oʊvɚˈfiːbəl/

  1. Feeble to an excessive or debilitating degree.

    archaic, literary

    […]purſued his vnneighbourly purpoſe in ſuch ſort: that hee being the ſtronger perſwader, and ſhe (belike) too credulous in beleeuing or elſe ouer-feeble in reſiſting, from priuate imparlance, they fell to action; and continued their cloſe fight a long while together, vnſeene and vvithout ſuſpition, no doubt to their equall ioy and contentment.

Where it comes from

From Middle English overfeble; equivalent to over- + feeble.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry overfeeble (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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