Debilitate
[dɪ'bɪlɪteɪt] or [dɪ'bɪlɪtet]
Definition
(v. t.) To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to debilitate the body by intemperance.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Weaken, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, prostrate, render weak, make languid.
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Definition
v.t. to make weak: to impair the strength of.—adj. Deb′ile (arch.) weak feeble.—ns. Debilitā′tion; Debil′ity weakness and languor: a weak action of the animal functions.
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Examples
- The majority incline to the debilitated cousin's sentiment, which is in few words--no business--Rouncewell's fernal townsman. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The debilitated cousin (much exhausted by the funeral) and Volumnia are in attendance. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The debilitated cousin supposes he is 'normously rich fler. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The debilitated cousin only hopes some fler'll be executed--zample. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Lady Dedlock asks on sitting down to dinner, still deadly pale (and quite an illustration of the debilitated cousin's text), whether he is gone out? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Debilitated cousin thinks--country's going--Dayvle--steeple-chase pace. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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