Both Uses
impair
in
Moby Dick
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- But with the whale, these two sashes are separately inserted, making two distinct windows, but sadly impairing the view.†
Chpt 73-75 *
- Real strength never impairs beauty or harmony, but it often bestows it; and in everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic.†
Chpt 85-87impairs = makes worse or less effective
Definitions:
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(1)
(impair) make worse or less effective
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)