Weaken

(wĕk'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. WEAKENED; p. pr. & vb. n. WEAKENING.] [A-S. wæcean, wæ-can.]

1. To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body; to weaken the mind; to weaken the hands of a magistrate; to weaken the force of an objection or an argument.
2. To reduce in strength or spirit; as, to weaken tea; to weaken any solution or decoction.