verb
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to become weak or weaker; to lose strength, power, influence, etc.
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to be destroyed; to become naught.
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to regard or treat with contempt; to despise; to look down.
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to make less hard to bear; lighten or relieve (pain, suffering, etc.); to alleviate; to mitigate.
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to be caught (as in a net, plot, etc.).
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to move unsteadily from side to side or back to forth (as from fear, shyness, etc.); to shiver.
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to fall down (as when supports fail to hold); to collapse.