Definition of impair

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Impair (v. t.) 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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Wear :: Wear (v. t.) To impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition, scraping, percussion, on the like; to consume gradually; to cause to lower or disappear; to spend..
Damage :: Damage (n.) To ocassion damage to the soudness, goodness, or value of; to hurt; to injure; to impair..
Rust :: Rust (v. t.) To impair by time and inactivity.
Impair :: Impair (v. t.) To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character, the mind, value..
Wind-broken :: Wind-broken (a.) Having the power of breathing impaired by the rupture, dilatation, or running together of air cells of the lungs, so that while the inspiration is by one effort, the expiration is by two; affected with pulmonary emphysema or with heaves; -- said of a horse..
Sicken :: Sicken (v. t.) To impair; to weaken.
Integrity :: Integrity (n.) Unimpaired, unadulterated, or genuine state; entire correspondence with an original condition; purity..
Blemish :: Blemish (n.) Any mark of deformity or injury, whether physical or moral; anything that diminishes beauty, or renders imperfect that which is otherwise well formed; that which impairs reputation..
Crack-brained :: Crack-brained (a.) Having an impaired intellect; whimsical; crazy.
Dotard :: Dotard (v. i.) One whose mind is impaired by age; one in second childhood.
Waste :: Waste (a.) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
Damnify :: Damnify (v. t.) To cause loss or damage to; to injure; to impair.
Labefy :: Labefy (v. t.) To weaken or impair.
Cataract :: Cataract (n.) An opacity of the crystalline lens, or of its capsule, which prevents the passage of the rays of light and impairs or destroys the sight..
Impairment :: Impairment (n.) The state of being impaired; injury.
Injure :: Injure (v. t.) To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt; to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound, as the person; to impair soundness, as of health. (b) To damage or lessen the value of, as goods or estate. (c) To slander, tarnish, or impair, as reputation or character. (d) To impair or diminish, as happiness or virtue. (e) To give pain to, as the sensibilities or the feelings; to grieve; to annoy. (f) To impair, as the intellect or mind..
Unimpairable :: Unimpairable (a.) That can not be impaired.
Hale :: Hale (a.) Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body..
Cachexy :: Cachexy (n.) A condition of ill health and impairment of nutrition due to impoverishment of the blood, esp. when caused by a specific morbid process (as cancer or tubercle)..
Craze :: Craze (v. t.) To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit.
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