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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Infirm(e, v. [ME. infirm (fig. c 1449), e.m.E. (1563), L. infirmāre.] tr. To weaken, impair. —1562-3 Winȝet I. 58/26.
To infirm and adnull his awin cause1558-66 Knox II. 245.
Mariage ... in this cursed papistrie ... partlie hath bene so infirmed that [etc.]1581 Hamilton Cath. Tr. 152 b.
The deulish falsett of the improuaris of gude varkis vill find sum golenȝeis to infirme the same
