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Webster 1913 Edition
Infirm
1.
Not firm or sound; weak; feeble;
as, an
infirm
body; an infirm
constitution.A poor,
infirm
, weak, and despised old man. Shakespeare
2.
Weak of mind or will; irresolute; vacillating.
“An infirm judgment.” Burke.
Infirm
of purpose! Shakespeare
3.
Not solid or stable; insecure; precarious.
Syn. – Debilitated; sickly; feeble; decrepit; weak; enfeebled; irresolute; vacillating; imbecile.
In-firm′
,Verb.
T.
[L.
infirmare
: cf. F. infirmer
.] To weaken; to enfeeble.
[Obs.]
Sir W. Raleigh.
Webster 1828 Edition
Infirm
INFIRM
,Adj.
1.
Not firm or sound; weak; feeble; as an infirm body; an infirm constitution.2.
Weak of mind; irresolute; as infirm of purpose.3.
Not solid or stable. He who fixes on false principles, treads on infirm ground.
INFIRM
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
infirm
infirm
English
Adjective
infirm (comparative infirmer, superlative infirmest)
- Weak or ill, not in good health.
- He was infirm of body but still keen of mind, and though it looked like he couldn't walk across the room, he crushed me in debate.
- Shakespeare
- A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man.
- Irresolute; weak of mind or will.
- Burke
- An infirm judgment.
- Shakespeare
- Infirm of purpose!
- Burke
- Fail; unstable; insecure.
- South
- He who fixes on false principles treads on infirm ground.
- South
Translations
weak; feeble
Verb
infirm (third-person singular simple present infirms, present participle infirming, simple past and past participle infirmed)
- To contradict, to provide proof that something is not.
- The thought is that you see an episode of observation, experiment, or reasoning as confirming or infirming a hypothesis depending on whether your probability for it increases or decreases during the episode.