Weakens
[wi:kənz]
Examples
- An exclusive corporation necessarily weakens the force of this discipline. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- That makes the swelling and that's what weakens you and makes you start to pass. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- This difficulty, when joined with a small distance, interrupts and weakens the fancy: But has a contrary effect in a great removal. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- This may be carried on to a great length; though at the same time we may observe, that each remove considerably weakens the relation. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- This new relation, therefore, weakens the tie betwixt the first and second objects. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
Editor: Quentin