Definition of debilitate Debilitate

/dʌbɪˈlʌtejˌt/ - [dubiluteyt] - de•bil•i•tate

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Verb
debilitate - make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"
		enfeeble, drain
		weaken become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
		emaciate, macerate, waste grow weak and thin or waste away physically; "She emaciated during the chemotherapy"

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debilitate (Verb)
To make feeble; to weaken.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

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

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

debilitate
To weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

debilitate
de-bil′i-tāt, v.t. to make weak: to impair the strength of.—adj. Deb′ile (arch.), weak, feeble.—ns. Debilitā′tion; Debil′ity, weakness and languor: a weak action of the animal functions. [L. debilitāre, ātum—debilis, weak—de, not, habilis, able. See Ability.]

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debilitate, verb, present, 1st person singular of debilitate (infinitive).
debilitate, verb (infinitive).

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