Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To weaken or loosen; enfeeble; impair.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb rare To weaken or impair.

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  • verb obsolete, rare To weaken.

Etymologies

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From Latin labefacere.

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  • "Yes, I'm labefying my crumpet with all these nigmenogs," replies Théo volubly.

    Witch Grass by Raymond Queneau, translated by Barbara Wright, p 80 of the NYRB paperback

    November 6, 2010