Weakened - Horse Racing (gambling) and procession (iou)

Weakened - Horse Racing (gambling)

A horse which started off well in a race and was in a position from which it could win, but could not keep up that pace or keep up with the pace of the Other runners and dropped back in the field. That horse is said to have weakened.

procession (iou)

procession noun & verb. LOE.
[Old & mod. French from Latin processio(n-), from process-: see PROCESS noun, -ION.]
A. noun.
The action of a number of people going along in orderly succession in a formal or ceremonial way, esp. at a ceremony, demonstration, or festivity; a similar movement by boats or vehicles. Chiefly in in procession. LOE.
b. Cricket. A rapid succession of batsmen; a batting collapse. L19.
A number of people, vehicles, etc., going in procession; transf. & fig. a regular succession of things. ME.
W. S. Churchill A procession of wars which had lasted for thirty years. S. Weintraub The procession, from Buckingham Palace..to Westminster Abbey.
a. Chiefly Christian Theology. The action of proceeding from a source, emanation, esp. of the Holy Spirit. Cf. PROCESS noun 7. LME.
b. The action of proceeding or advancing; onward movement, progression, advance. Now rare or obsolete exc. as passing into sense 1. L16.
Ecclesiastical History. A litany, prayer, or office, said or sung in a religious procession. M16.
b. verb.
verb trans. Celebrate (a saint etc.) by a procession; carry (an image etc.) in procession. M16.
verb intrans. Make a procession, go in procession; spec. perambulate boundaries. L16.
verb trans. Go round in procession; spec. (US History) perambulate (a piece of land, a boundary). Also, walk along (a street etc.) in procession. E18.
processioner noun (a) orig., a person going in procession; now spec. (US History) an official responsible for perambulating boundaries; (b) Ecclesiastical = PROCESSIONAL noun 1: LME.
processionist noun a person who goes in a procession E19.
processionize verb intrans. go in procession L18.

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