cripple (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. To weaken, impair1. dēbĭlĭto, 12. frango, frēgi, fractum, 3 that effeminate bringing up c.s all the sinews, both of mind and body, mollis illa educatio nervos omnes et mentis et corporis f., Quint.3. infringo, 34. accīdo, di, sum, 3 (lit. to cut partially, hack • cripple (v.): I. Lit.: to deprive of the use of limbs: aliquem claudum pedibus, cruribus facere, reddere: v. preced. art; and to disable, lame. In this sense chiefly as p. part.: v. foll. art. II. To weaken, impair: 1. dēbĭlĭto, 1: v. to enfeeble. 2. frango, frēgi, fractum, 3 that effeminate bringing up c.s all the sinews, both of mind and body, mollis illa educatio nervos omnes et mentis et corporis f., Quint.: Cic. 3. infringo, 3: v. to impair. 4. accīdo, di, sum, 3 (lit. to cut partially, hack: hence esp. of military force, to break the strength of a nation: chiefly used in p. part.): although their strength was c.d, etsi res accisae sint, Liv.: Cic.