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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of infirm.

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Examples

  • So while every attempt to include the twelve to twenty million illegal aliens in any version of Obama care will be strenuously pursued (either in the bill itself, or as a result of "amnesty" that is promised to follow closely on its heels), a concurrent effort will be made to marginalize any population subset, whether the elderly or the chronically infirmed, that is not deemed beneficial to society as a whole.

    The Absurd Report 2009

  • So while every attempt to include the twelve to twenty million illegal aliens in any version of Obama care will be strenuously pursued (either in the bill itself, or as a result of "amnesty" that is promised to follow closely on its heels), a concurrent effort will be made to marginalize any population subset, whether the elderly or the chronically infirmed, that is not deemed beneficial to society as a whole.

    SmallGovTimes.com 2009

  • Toda shows me how to lay hands on the infirmed, how to concentrate and summon all my inner power, let it flow into their sick and dying bodies, and into their souls.

    The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011

  • We've hired managers who were previously unemployed and taking care of their old or infirmed parents.

    How To Land A Job In Another Industry Jane J. Lee 2010

  • We embrace Jesus' Kingdom vision for a renewed New York City, nation, and world that restores justice for: the poor; the incarcerated; the sick and infirmed; the oppressed, put down, and neglected; the 600,000 children who cannot read or do math at grade level in our city's schools each year.

    Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg: The Ghost of Tom Joad Comes to Occupy Wall Street Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg 2011

  • I have heard of an assisted living person who helps with older or infirmed persons.

    assisted living person? 2009

  • We've hired managers who were previously unemployed and taking care of their old or infirmed parents.

    How To Land A Job In Another Industry Jane J. Lee 2010

  • We've hired managers who were previously unemployed and taking care of their old or infirmed parents.

    How To Land A Job In Another Industry Jane J. Lee 2010

  • Toda shows me how to lay hands on the infirmed, how to concentrate and summon all my inner power, let it flow into their sick and dying bodies, and into their souls.

    The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011

  • We've hired managers who were previously unemployed and taking care of their old or infirmed parents.

    How To Land A Job In Another Industry Jane J. Lee 2010

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