1. (a.) Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; esp., mentally weak; feeble-minded; as, hospitals for the imbecile and insane.

2. (n.) One destitute of strength; esp., one of feeble mind.

3. (v. t.) To weaken; to make imbecile; as, to imbecile men's courage.

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