DEBILITATED

adynamic, asthenic, debilitated, enervated

(adjective) lacking energy or vitality

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

debilitated (not comparable)

Weakened.

run down, damaged, in disrepair.

Verb

debilitated

simple past tense and past participle of debilitate

Source: Wiktionary


DEBILITATE

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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