debilitate

From debilitatus, the past passive participle of Latin dēbilitō (“to weaken, debilitate”), from the adjective dēbilis (“weak”), itself from de- +‎ habilis (“able”). Equivalent to Latin dēbilitō +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈbɪlɪteɪt/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /dəˈbɪləteɪt/

debilitate (third-person singular simple present debilitates, present participle debilitating, simple past and past participle debilitated)

1. (transitive) To make feeble; to weaken.

   Synonyms: enervate, enfeeble, weaken

   The American Dream suffered a debilitating effect after the subprime crisis.

   • 2015 March 12, Daniel Taylor, “Chelsea out of Champions League after Thiago Silva sends 10-man PSG through on away goals”, in The Guardian (London)‎^[1]:

     Twice, they found themselves behind, seemingly on their way out, and on both occasions they absolutely refused to let their lack of numbers debilitate them.

• debile
• debility
• debilitation
• debilitating

• enervate

• “debilitate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “debilitate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

debilitate (plural debilitates)

1. weakness

debilitate

1. inflection of debilitare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

debilitate f pl

1. feminine plural of debilitato

dēbilitāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēbilitō

Borrowed from French débilité. Equivalent to debil +‎ -itate.

debilitate f (plural debilități)

1. debility

debilitate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of debilitar combined with te