Weak
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. i.) Tending towards lower prices; as, a weak market.
(2): ( v. i.) Lacking ability for an appropriate function or office; as, weak eyes; a weak stomach; a weak magistrate; a weak regiment, or army.
(3): ( v. i.) Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) and past participle by adding to the present the suffix -ed, -d, or the variant form -t; as in the verbs abash, abashed; abate, abated; deny, denied; feel, felt. See Strong, 19 (a).
(4): ( v. i.) Not firmly united or adhesive; easily broken or separated into pieces; not compact; as, a weak ship.
(5): ( v. i.) Not stiff; pliant; frail; soft; as, the weak stalk of a plant.
(6): ( a.) Lacking in good cards; deficient as to number or strength; as, a hand weak in trumps.
(7): ( v. i.) Not able to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain; as, a weak timber; a weak rope.
(8): ( v. i.) Not able to resist external force or onset; easily subdued or overcome; as, a weak barrier; as, a weak fortress.
(9): ( v. i.) Deficient in strength of body; feeble; infirm; sickly; debilitated; enfeebled; exhausted.
(10): ( v. i.) Wanting physical strength.
(11): ( v. i.) Lacking force of utterance or sound; not sonorous; low; small; feeble; faint.
(12): ( v. i.) Not thoroughly or abundantly impregnated with the usual or required ingredients, or with stimulating and nourishing substances; of less than the usual strength; as, weak tea, broth, or liquor; a weak decoction or solution; a weak dose of medicine.
(13): ( a.) Lacking contrast; as, a weak negative.
(14): ( v. i.) Not possessing or manifesting intellectual, logical, moral, or political strength, vigor, etc.
(15): ( v. i.) Feeble of mind; wanting discernment; lacking vigor; spiritless; as, a weak king or magistrate.
(16): ( v. i.) Pertaining to, or designating, a noun in Anglo-Saxon, etc., the stem of which ends in -n. See Strong, 19 (b).
(17): ( v. i.) Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
(18): ( v. i.) Not able to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable; as, weak resolutions; weak virtue.
(19): ( v. i.) Not having full confidence or conviction; not decided or confirmed; vacillating; wavering.
(20): ( v. i.) Wanting in power to influence or bind; as, weak ties; a weak sense of honor of duty.
(21): ( a.) To make or become weak; to weaken.
(22): ( a.) Tending toward a lower price or lower prices; as, wheat is weak; a weak market.
(23): ( v. i.) Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained; as, a weak argument or case.
(24): ( v. i.) Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
(25): ( v. i.) Lacking in elements of political strength; not wielding or having authority or energy; deficient in the resources that are essential to a ruler or nation; as, a weak monarch; a weak government or state.
(26): ( v. i.) Wanting in point or vigor of expression; as, a weak sentence; a weak style.
King James Dictionary [2]
Weak, a. G. The primary sense of the root is to yield, fail, give way, recede, or to be soft.
1. Having little physical strength feeble. Children are born weak men are rendered weak by disease. 2. Infirm not healthy as a weak constitution. 3. Not able to bear a great weight as a weak bridge weak timber. 4. Not strong not compact easily broken as a weak ship a weak rope. 5. Not able to resist a violent attack as a weak fortress. 6. Soft pliant not stiff. 7. Low small feeble as a weak voice. 8. Feeble of mind wanting spirit wanting vigor of understanding as a weak prince a weak magistrate.
To think every thing disputable, si a proof of a weak mind and captious temper.
9. Not much impregnated with ingredients, or with things that excite action, or with stimulating and nourishing substances as weak broth weak tea weak toddy a weak solution a weak decoction. 10. Not politically powerful as a weak nation or state. 11. Not having force of authority or energy as a weak government. 12. Not having moral force or power to convince not well supported by truth or reason as a weak argument. 13. Not well supported by argument as weak reasoning. 14. Unfortified accessible impressible as the weak side of a person. 15. Not having full conviction or confidence as weak in faith. 16. Weak land is land of a light thin soil. I believe never used in New England.
Weak, To make weak. Not used.
Weak, To become weak. Not used.
