reweaken

verb

re·​weaken

"+

transitive verb

: to cause to become weak again

wind had reweakened the timbers

intransitive verb

: to become weak again : yield anew to weakness

afraid she would reweaken and agree to go

Word History

Etymology

re- + weaken

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