Definitions for: Debilitate


[v] make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"



Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: drain, enfeeble

See Also: emaciate, macerate, waste, weaken

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