Both Uses of
infirm
in
The Bourne Identity
- The currents were clashing against one another, pounding the manmade tube into a kind of submission, warning the microscopic pretenders that they were no match for the vast infirmities of nature.†
Chpt 4infirmities = weaknesses from old age or disease
- This was what his small army of infirm old men understood; he gave a purpose to the ends of their lives.†
Chpt 10 *infirm = weak from old age or disease
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.