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Left with pain, weaken (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

languish

'weaken' is the definition.
(languishing is a kind of weakening)

'left with pain' is the wordplay.
'left' becomes 'L' (common abbreviation).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'pain' becomes 'anguish' (synonyms).
'l'+'anguish'='LANGUISH'

(Other definitions for languish that I've seen before include "lose strength" , "Lose or lack vitality" , "Pine, waste away" , "Suffer neglect" , "Long" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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