DEBILITATE

enfeeble, debilitate, drain

(verb) make weak; “Life in the camp drained him”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

debilitate (third-person singular simple present debilitates, present participle debilitating, simple past and past participle debilitated)

(transitive) To make feeble; to weaken.

Synonyms: enervate, enfeeble, weaken

Source: Wiktionary


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

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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