Impair

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Impair \Im*pair"\, v. t.
     To grow worse; to deteriorate. --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Impair \Im"pair\, a. [F. impair uneven, L. impar; im- not + par
     equal.]
     Not fit or appropriate. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Impair \Im*pair"\, n.
     Diminution; injury. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Impair \Im*pair"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impaired}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Impairing}.] [Written also {empair}.] [OE. empeiren,
     enpeiren, OF. empeirier, empirier, F. empirer, LL.
     impejorare; L. pref. im- in + pejorare to make worse, fr.
     pejor worse. Cf. {Appair}.]
     To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or
     strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character,
     the mind, value.
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           Time sensibly all things impairs.        --Roscommon.
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           In years he seemed, but not impaired by years. --Pope.
  
     Syn: To diminish; decrease; injure; weaken; enfeeble;
          debilitate; reduce; debase; deteriorate.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  impair
       v 1: make worse or less effective; "His vision was impaired"
       2: make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" [syn: {mar}, {spoil},
           {deflower}, {vitiate}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  109 Moby Thesaurus words for "impair":
     abate, abrade, abstract, abuse, afflict, aggravate, aggrieve, bate,
     befoul, bewitch, blemish, blight, condemn, corrupt, cripple,
     crucify, curse, curtail, damage, decrease, deduct, defile, deprave,
     depreciate, derogate, despoil, destroy, deteriorate, detract,
     dilapidate, diminish, disadvantage, disparage, disserve, distress,
     do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do wrong, do wrong by, doom, drain,
     eat away, embitter, endamage, envenom, erode, exacerbate, extract,
     file away, get into trouble, harass, harm, hex, hurt, infect,
     injure, irritate, jinx, leach, lessen, make worse, maltreat, mar,
     menace, mistreat, molest, outrage, persecute, play havoc with,
     play hob with, poison, pollute, prejudice, purify, put back,
     reduce, refine, remove, retrench, rub away, ruin, sap, savage,
     scathe, shorten, spoil, subduct, subtract, taint, take away,
     take from, tarnish, thin, thin out, threaten, torment, torture,
     undermine, violate, vitiate, weaken, wear away, weed, withdraw,
     worsen, wound, wreak havoc on, wrong