render weak &c. adj.; weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, shake, deprive of strength, relax, enervate, eviscerate; unbrace, unnerve; cripple, unman &c. (render powerless) 158; cramp, reduce, sprain, strain, blunt the edge of; dilute, impoverish; decimate; extenuate; reduce in strength, reduce the strength of; mettre de l'eau dans son vin[Fr].
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Canada also aims to develop its diverse energy resources while maintaining its commitment to the environment.
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

[Top] Das ist der edel ritter Marcho polo von Venedig.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Rustichello of Pisa

"Did I do everything right?"
— from The Vehement Flame by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland

Victo Antiocho cum praedae ratio a L. Scipione reposceretur, Africanus prolatum ab eo librum, quo acceptae et expensae summae continebantur et refelli inimicorum accusatio poterat, discerpsit, indignatus de ea re dubitari, quae sub ipso legato administrata esset.
— from Selections from Viri Romae by C. F. L'Homond

o'er me from that face of death; Its dark eyes rested on my own, Rayless and cold as eyes of stone; Yet in their fixed, unchanging gaze, Something which told of other days— A sadness in their quiet glare, As if Love's smile were frozen there, Came o'er me with an icy thrill— O God!
— from Whittier-land A Handbook of North Essex, Containing Many Anecdotes of and Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier Never Before Collected. by Samuel T. (Samuel Thomas) Pickard

y tribunales de inquisicion de estos reynos.
— from A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 2 by Henry Charles Lea

Verso f. 1: Frontispiece: Portrait of Marco Polo with this inscription round the border: [Top] Das ist der edel Ritter.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Rustichello of Pisa