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debilitate
[ dih-bil-i-teyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to make weak or feeble; enfeeble:
The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely.
Synonyms: devitalize, enervate, deplete, weaken
debilitate
/ dɪˈbɪlɪˌteɪt /
verb
- tr to make feeble; weaken
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Derived Forms
- deˌbiliˈtation, noun
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Other Words From
- de·bil·i·tant noun
- de·bil·i·ta·tion [dih-bil-i-, tey, -sh, uh, n], noun
- de·bil·i·ta·tive adjective
- non·de·bil·i·tat·ing adjective
- non·de·bil·i·ta·tive adjective
- o·ver·de·bil·i·tate verb (used with object) overdebilitated overdebilitating
- un·de·bil·i·tat·ed adjective
- un·de·bil·i·tat·ing adjective
- un·de·bil·i·ta·tive adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of debilitate1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of debilitate1
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Example Sentences
Infernal, it can cause fires and explosions; toxic, it can debilitate, poison, and kill.
Taking hot food or drink, habitually, tends to debilitate all the organs thus needlessly excited.
Many suppose that a warm bath exposes a person more readily to take cold; and that it tends to debilitate the system.
He was one of those whom books cannot debilitate, nor a life of study incapacitate for the study of life.
Even tea and coffee, the common beverages of all classes of people, have a tendency to debilitate the digestive organs….
In such a case diarrhea will no longer serve a good end, but will on the contrary debilitate the system.
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