infirm

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

INFIRM, adjective inferm'. [Latin infirmus; in and firmus.] 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 transitive inferm'. To weaken. [Not used.]
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