† eˈffeeble, v. Obs.
[variant of affeeble or enfeeble; the prefix being assimilated to ef-.]
trans. To enfeeble.
| 1571 Golding Calvin on Ps. xlviii. 8 The welfare of the Church..may..be sore shaken, but yit not so effeebled that it shuld fal. 1581 Marbeck Bk. of Notes 326 That foule [Eagle] is..not effeebled by yeeres, nor subject to diseases. |