Both Uses of
infirm
in
Julius Caesar
- When he came to himself again, he said, if he had done or said any thing amiss, he desired their worships to think it was his infirmity.
p. 31.3infirmity = illness
- A friend should bear his friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.p. 155.6 *infirmities = weaknesses
Definitions:
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(1)
(infirm) weak from old age or disease
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
A comprehensive dictionary will have more specialized definitions of infirm.