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        "From Middle English weyk, wayk, weik, waik, from Old Norse veikr (“weak”), from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz (“weak, yielded, pliant, bendsome”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to bend, wind”). \nCognate with Old English wāc (“weak, bendsome”), Saterland Frisian wook (“soft, gentle, tender”), West Frisian weak (“soft”), Dutch week (“soft, weak”), German weich (“weak, soft”), Norwegian veik (“weak”), Swedish vek (“weak, pliant”), Icelandic veikur (“bendsome, weak”). Related to Old English wīcan (“to yield”). Doublet of week and wick.1\n(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “The irregular pattern PIE *k  Proto-Germanic *k is left unexplained”)"
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              "mean": "Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.\nThe child was too weak to move the boulder.\nThey easily guessed his weak computer password.\nc. 1603–1606,  William Shakespeare,  “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in  Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London:    Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :a poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man\n1700,   Dryden,  “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in  Fables Ancient and Modern; , London:    Jacob Tonson, , →OCLC:\nweak with hunger, mad with love"
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              "mean": "Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.\na weak timber; a weak rope"
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              "mean": "Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable.\nweak resolutions; weak virtue\n1703, Nicholas Rowe, The Fair Penitent Act I, scene I:\nGuard thy heart / On this weak side, where most our nature fails."
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              "mean": "Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.\n1918,  W. B. Maxwell,  chapter 2, in  The Mirror and the Lamp‎:That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.\nWe were served stale bread and weak tea."
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                "(Germanic languages, of verbs) Regular in inflection, lacking vowel changes and having a past tense with -d- or -t-.",
                "(Germanic languages, of nouns) Showing less distinct grammatical endings.",
                "(Germanic languages, of adjectives) Definite in meaning, often used with a definite article or similar word."
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              "mean": "(chemistry) That does not ionize completely into anions and cations in a solution.\na weak acid;  a weak base"
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              "mean": "(physics) One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay."
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              "mean": "(slang) Bad or uncool.\nThis place is weak."
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              "mean": "(mathematics, logic) Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted with a strong statement which implies it.)"
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              "mean": "Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.\n1667,  John Milton,  “Book IX”, in  Paradise Lost. , London:    , , →OCLC; republished as  Paradise Lost in Ten Books: , London: Basil Montagu Pickering , 1873, →OCLC:If evil thence ensue, / She first his weak indulgence will accuse."
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              "mean": "Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.\nThe prosecution advanced a weak case.\n1671,  John Milton,  “The Third Book”, in  Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London:    J. M for John Starkey , →OCLC:convinced of his weak arguing"
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              "mean": "Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.\nc. 1595–1596 (date written),  William Shakespeare,  “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in  Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London:    Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Thy threats have no more strength than her weak prayers."
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              "mean": "(stock exchange) Tending towards lower prices.\na weak market; wheat is weak at present"
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              "mean": "(photography) Lacking contrast.\na weak negative"
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