Debilitate

created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:55:16

De*bil"i*tate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Debilitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Debilitating.] [L. debilitatus, p. p. of debilitare to debilitate, fr. debilis. See Debility.]

To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to debilitate the body by intemperance.

Various ails debilitate the mind. Jenyns.

The debilitated frame of Mr. Bertram was exhausted by this last effort. Sir W. Scott.

 

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