infirm

infirm englannista suomeksi

1. epävarma

2. raihnainen

0. Verbi

infirm englanniksi

1. Weak or ill, not in good health.

''He was infirm of body but still keen of mind, and though it looked like he couldn't walk across the room, he crushed me in debate.''

2. c. 1605, (w), ''(w)'', Act III, Scene 2,http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/play_view.php?WorkID=kinglear&Scope=entire&pleasewait=1&msg=pl

(..) Here I stand your slave,

A poor, infirm, weak, and despis’d old man.

3. Irresolute; weak of mind or will.

4. c. 1605, (w), ''(w)'', Act II, Scene 2,http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/play_view.php?WorkID=macbeth&Scope=entire&pleasewait=1&msg=pl

Infirm of purpose!

Give me the daggers: (..)

5. 1797, (w), ''A Third Letter to a Member of the Present Parliament: On the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France'', London: F.&C. Rivington, p. 30,http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004903009.0001.000

(..) vehement passion does not always indicate an infirm judgment.

6. Frail; unstable; insecure.

7. 1667, (w), “The Practice of Religion Enforced by Reason” in ''Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions'', London: Thomas Bennet, p. 3,http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A60955.0001.001

He who fixes upon false Principles, treads upon Infirm ground, and so sinks (..)

8. To contradict, to provide proof that something is not.

''The thought is that you see an episode of observation, experiment, or reasoning as confirming or infirming a hypothesis depending on whether your probability for it increases or decreases during the episode.''

9. crippled

(syn)

10. cripple, invalid

11. (inflection of)