Fee"ble, v. t. To make feble; to enfeeble. [Obs.]

Shall that victorious hand be feebled here?

Shak.

Fee"ble-mind"ed (?), a. Weak in intellectual power; wanting firmness or

constancy; irresolute; vacillating; imbecile. "comfort the

feeble-minded." 1 Thess. v. 14.

-- Fee"ble-mind"ed*ness, n.

Fee"ble*ness, n. The quality or condition of being feeble; debility;

infirmity.

That shakes for age and feebleness.

Shak.

Fee"bly (?), adv. In a feeble manner.

The restored church . . . contended feebly, and with half a heart.

Macaulay.

Feed (fd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fed (fd); p. pr. & vb. n. Feeding.] [AS.

fdan, fr. fda food; akin to OS. fdian, OFries. fda, fda, D. voeden,

OHG. fuottan, Icel. fÊa, Sw. fˆda, Dan. fˆde. √75. See Food.] 1.

To give food to; to supply with nourishment; to satisfy the physical

huger of.

If thine enemy hunger, feed him.

Rom. xii. 20.

Unreasonable creatures feed their young.

Shak.

2. To satisfy; gratify or minister to, as any sense, talent, taste, or

desire.