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  • adjective Obsolete spelling of weak.

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Examples

  • Not even a cup of Folders will weake you up faster than the smell of dog crap.

    Does Your Dog Sleep In Your Bed? 2010

  • Not even a cup of Folders will weake you up faster than the smell of dog crap.

    Does Your Dog Sleep In Your Bed? 2010

  • O helpe thou my weake wit, and sharpen my dull tong

    Can You Name This Story? (Part 9) 2008

  • But I will approve (according as the Queene hath commanded me, and within the compasse of her direction) by a short and pleasant Tale; how greatly they are abused by errour, that build upon so weake a foundation.

    The Decameron 2004

  • Tilt and Turney; his brave behaviour kindled such a sparke in my soule, as since brake forth into a violent flame, and brought me to this weake condition as now thou seest.

    The Decameron 2004

  • Wee are fraile, offensive, suspitious, weake spirited, and fearefull: in regard of which imperfections, I greatly doubt (if we have no better direction then our owne) this society will sooner dissolve it selfe, and (perchance) with lesse honour to us, then if we never had begunne it.

    The Decameron 2004

  • And in regard he was but a weake witted man and a gourmand or grosse feeder; his language was the more harsh and rude; like to our common Porters or sottish men, and his carriage also absurd, boore-like, and clownish.

    The Decameron 2004

  • Her restraint in prison, had made her lookes meager, pale, and wanne, and very weake was she also of her person, faire differing from the Woman she was wont to be, before be, before her affection to Jehannot.

    The Decameron 2004

  • Never exercise thy malice upon a poore weake woman, for the

    The Decameron 2004

  • Albeit some light Novels, perhaps attractive to a little wantonnes, as some say, and our joviall feasting with good cheare, singing and dancing, may seeme matters inciting to incivility, especially in weake and shallow understandings.

    The Decameron 2004

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