Weak

wek, a. Wanting physical strength; as, feeble, infirm, sickly, exhausted; not able to sustain a great weight; easily broken or separated into pieces; not compact; not pliant; frail; soft; easily subdued or overcome lacking force of utterance or sound low; small; feeble; of le than the usual strength or spirit; or, lacking ability for an appropriate function or office; not po e ing or manifesting intellectual, logical, moral, or political strength, vigor, etc., as, feeble of mind; spiritle ; unwise; injudicious; foolish; not having full confidence or conviction; not able to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; wanting in point or vigor of expre ion; not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; feeble; not wielding or having authority or energy; deficient in the resources e ential to a ruler or nation. {Stock Exchange.) Tending towards lower prices, — as, a weak market. [AS. wac, D. week, G. weich, pliant, tender, weak, AS. wican, to give way wick, wicker.'] — Weak verbs. (Gram.) Verbs which form their past tenses and pa ive participles by adding -ed or and not by a change of vowel in the stem. — Weakling, n. A weak or feeble creature. — Weakly, adv. In a weak manner feebly with little strength. — a. [-lier; -liest.] Not strong of constitution; infirm. — Weak'ne , n. State or quality of being weak; want of physical strength; want of sprightline or force, of steadine or resolution, of moral force or effect upon the mind, or of judgment; weak trait or characteristic; defect; failing; fault; feeblene ; debility; languor; imbecility; infirmity; decrepitude; frailty; faintne . — Weak'en, wek'n, v. [-ened (-nd), -ening.] To make weak, le en the strength of, debilitate, enfeeble, enervate to reduce in strength or spirit. [ME. iveken, AS. wsecan, wacian.] — Weak'ener, -n-gr, n. He who, or that which, weakens.