Meaning of DEBILITATE
| Pronunciation: | | di'bili`teyt
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| | Definition: | | [v] make weak; "Life in the camp drained him" |
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| | Synonyms: | | drain, enfeeble |
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| | See Also: | | emaciate, macerate, waste, weaken | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | abate, afflict, attenuate, beat, blunt, bugger, burn out, cramp, cripple, damp, dampen, deaden, de-energize, derange, devitalize, disable, disenable, disorder, do in, do up, drain, dull, enervate, enfeeble, eviscerate, exhaust, extenuate, fag, fag out, fatigue, flag, frazzle, gruel, hamstring, harass, hors de combat, hospitalize, hurt, inactivate, incapacitate, indispose, invalid, jade, kibosh, knock out, knock up, lame, lay low, lay up, maim, mar, mitigate, overfatigue, overstrain, overtire, overweary, poop, poop out, prostrate, put, queer, queer the works, rattle, reduce, sabotage, sap, shake, shake up, sicken, soften up, spike, spoil, tire, tire out, tire to death, tucker, unbrace, undermine, unfit, unman, unnerve, unstrengthen, unstring, use up, weaken, wear, wear down, wear on, wear out, weary, wilt, wind, wing, wreck |
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