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† deˈcrepity Obs.
[a. OF. décrépité (15th–17th c. in Godef.), ad. med.L. dēcrepit-ās, -tātem (Du Cange), f. L. dēcrepitus.]
= decrepitude.
1576Newton tr. Lemnie's Complex. 30 a, The firste enteraunce and steppe into Olde Age, which is the nexte neighboure to decrepitie and dotage. 1598Florio, Decrepità..olde age, decrepitie. 1603― Montaigne ii. xxix. (1632) 394 Being demanded what his studies would stead him in his decrepity. 1605Chapman All Fooles Plays 1873 I. 160 A true Loadstone to draw on Decrepity. |