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▪ I. † deˈbilitate, a. Obs.
[ad. L. dēbilitāt-us, pa. pple. of dēbilitāre.]
Enfeebled; feeble.
1552Huloet, Debilitate, or feble, or wythout synnowes, eneruis. 1737H. Bracken Farriery Impr. (1757) II. 41 Help and strengthen the Part that is debilitate.
▪ II. debilitate, v.|dɪˈbɪlɪteɪt|
[f. L. dēbilitāt-, ppl. stem of dēbilitāre to weaken, f. dēbilis weak.]
trans. To render weak; to weaken, enfeeble.
1533Elyot Cast. Helthe (1541) 46 a, Immoderate watch..doth debilitate the powers animall. 1541Paynel Catiline xlv. 71 To debylitate and cutte asunder theyr endeuoir and hope. a1625Beaum. & Fl. Faithful Friends v. ii, If you think His youth or judgment..Debilitate his person..call him home. 1717Bullock Woman a Riddle i. i. 8, I am totally debilitated of all power of elocution. 1715Leoni Palladio's Archit. (1742) I. 57 The Sun shining..would be apt to heat, debilitate, and spoil the Wine or other Liquors. 1829I. Taylor Enthus. ix. 233 Whose moral sense had been debilitated. 1871G. H. Napheys Prev. & Cure Dis. i. i. 45 A feeble constitution, which he further debilitated by a dissipated life.
†b. Astrol. Cf. debility 4 b. Obs.
a1625Beaum. & Fl. Bloody Bro. iv. ii, Venus..is..clear debilitated five degrees Beneath her ordinary power. |