weaken'd

I should not have weaken'd his resolutions; -- I would no more wish him to be guilty of a breach of honour, than surrender myself to infamy.

Barford Abbey Susannah Minific Gunning

_Secondly_, The Language is by nothing more weaken'd, than by the use of

A Full Enquiry into the Nature of the Pastoral (1717) Thomas Purney

Thus, if in the first week I could keep my first line, marked T, clear of spots, I suppos'd the habit of that virtue so much strengthen'd and its opposite weaken'd, that I might venture extending my attention to include the next, and for the following week keep both lines clear of spots.

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (1994 Edition) 1909

But during the Trial of Sacheverel our Audiences were extremely weaken'd by the better Rank of People's daily attending it: While, at the same time, the lower Sort, who were not equally admitted to that grand Spectacle, as eagerly crowded into Drury-Lane to a new Comedy call'd The fair Quaker of Deal.

An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Volume II 1889

Hath not weaken'd there rests but one hope of escape.

Lucile Owen Meredith 1861

Thus, if in the first week I could keep my first line, marked T, clear of spots, I suppos'd the habit of that virtue so much strengthen'd and its opposite weaken'd, that I might venture extending my attention to include the next, and for the following week keep both lines clear of spots.

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 1771

The lady would by no means give up her point, though she weaken'd her barrier by it; for in the warmth of the dispute, I could hear two or three corking pins fall out of the curtain to the ground.

A Sentimental Journey 1766

Thus, if in the first week I could keep my first line, marked T, clear of spots, I suppos'd the habit of that virtue so much strengthen'd and its opposite weaken'd, that I might venture extending my attention to include the next, and for the following week keep both lines clear of spots.

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin 1748

Thus, if in the first week I could keep my first line, marked T, clear of spots, I suppos'd the habit of that virtue so much strengthen'd, and its opposite weaken'd, that I might venture extending my attention to include the next, and for the following week keep both lines clear of spots.

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin 1748

These symptoms of terrour and amazement might better become _impostures true_ only _to fear, might become a coward at the recital of such falsehoods as no man could credit, whose understanding was not weaken'd by his terrours; tales told by a woman over a fire on the authority of her grandam_.

Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746