About The Word Debilitate

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Debilitate

Debilitate Meaning & Definition
Debilitate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Debilitate?

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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Debilitate: drain | enfeeble

Related Terms | Find terms related to Debilitate: 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

See Also | emaciate | macerate | waste | weaken

Debilitate In Webster's Dictionary

\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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