fee

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Feed p. pr. & vb. n. Feeing. ] To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe. [ 1913 Webster ]

The patient . . . fees the doctor. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

There's not a one of them but in his house
I keep a servant feed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Feebler superl. Feeblest ] [ OE. feble, OF. feble, flebe, floibe, floible, foible, F. faible, L. flebilis to be wept over, lamentable, wretched, fr. flere to weep. Cf. Foible. ] 1. Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carried all the feeble of them upon asses. 2 Chron. xxviii. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion. “A lady's feeble voice.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make feble; to enfeeble. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Shall that victorious hand be feebled here? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Weak in intellectual power; wanting firmness or constancy; irresolute; vacillating; imbecile. “comfort the feeble-minded.” 1 Thess. v. 14.

-- Fee"ble-mind"ed*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. severe mental deficiency.
Syn. -- amentia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The quality or condition of being feeble; debility; infirmity. [ 1913 Webster ]

That shakes for age and feebleness. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a feeble manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

The restored church . . . contended feebly, and with half a heart. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fed p. pr. & vb. n. Feeding. ] [ AS. fēdan, fr. fōda food; akin to OS. fōdian, OFries. fēda, fōda, D. voeden, OHG. fuottan, Icel. fæða, Sw. föda, Dan. föde. √75. See Food. ] 1. To give food to; to supply with nourishment; to satisfy the physical huger of. [ 1913 Webster ]

If thine enemy hunger, feed him. Rom. xii. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unreasonable creatures feed their young. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To satisfy; gratify or minister to, as any sense, talent, taste, or desire. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Feeding him with the hope of liberty. Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To fill the wants of; to supply with that which is used or wasted; as, springs feed ponds; the hopper feeds the mill; to feed a furnace with coal. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To nourish, in a general sense; to foster, strengthen, develop, and guard. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou shalt feed my people Israel. 2 Sam. v. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mightiest powers by deepest calms are fed. B. Cornwall. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle; as, if grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep. [ 1913 Webster ]

Once in three years feed your mowing lands. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To give for food, especially to animals; to furnish for consumption; as, to feed out turnips to the cows; to feed water to a steam boiler. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Mach.) (a) To supply (the material to be operated upon) to a machine; as, to feed paper to a printing press. (b) To produce progressive operation upon or with (as in wood and metal working machines, so that the work moves to the cutting tool, or the tool to the work). [ 1913 Webster ]