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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Debilitate \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: debilitate v : make weak; "Life in the camp drained him" [syn: {enfeeble}, {drain}]
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