† debilitateadj.
Obsolete.
Enfeebled; feeble.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak
unmightyeOE
unferea1060
unwieldc1220
fade1303
lewc1325
weak1340
fainta1375
sicklyc1374
unwieldyc1386
impotent1390
delicatea1398
lowa1398
unmighta1450
unlustyc1450
low-brought1459
wearyc1480
failed1490
worn1508
caduke?1518
fainty1530
weak1535
debile1536
fluey1545
tewly?1547
faltering1549
puling1549
imbecilec1550
debilitate1552
flash1562
unable1577
unhealthful1595
unabled1597
whindling1601
infirm1608
debilitated1611
bedrid1629
washya1631
silly1636
fluea1645
tender1645
invaletudinary1661
languishant1674
valetudinaire?c1682
puly1688
thriftless1693
unheartya1699
wishy-washy1703
enervate1706
valetudinarian1713
lask1727
wersh1755
palliea1774
wankle1781
asthenic1789
atonic1792
squeal1794
adynamic1803
worn-down1814
totterish1817
asthenical1819
prostrate1820
used up1823
wankya1825
creaky1834
groggy1834
puny1838
imbeciled1840
rickety-rackety1840
muscleless1841
weedy1849
tottery1861
crocky1880
wimbly-wambly1881
ramshackle1889
twitterly1896
twittery1907
wonky1919
strung out1959
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Debilitate, or feble, or wythout synnowes, eneruis.
1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. i. 41 Help and strengthen the Part that is debilitate.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
debilitatev.
/dɪˈbɪlɪteɪt/ a. transitive. To render weak; to weaken, enfeeble.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > cause to be ill [verb (transitive)] > make weak
fellOE
wastec1230
faintc1386
endull1395
resolvea1398
afaintc1400
defeat?c1400
dissolvec1400
weakc1400
craze1476
feeblish1477
debilite1483
overfeeble1495
plucka1529
to bring low1530
debilitate1541
acraze1549
decaya1554
infirma1555
weaken1569
effeeble1571
enervate1572
enfeeble1576
slay1578
to pull downa1586
prosternate1593
shake1594
to lay along1598
unsinew1598
languefy1607
enerve1613
pulla1616
dispirit1647
imbecilitate1647
unstring1700
to run down1733
sap1755
reduce1767
prostrate1780
shatter1785
undermine1812
imbecile1829
disinvigorate1844
devitalize1849
wreck1850
atrophy1865
crumple1892
the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > weaken (something immaterial)
to thin off, downc900
feeblea1340
allayc1450
debilite1483
mollify1496
weak1502
geld?1507
water1529
appale?1530
labefact?1539
debilitate1541
mortify1553
effeeble1571
dilutea1575
soften1576
unsinew1599
melt1600
infringe1604
weaken1609
unbenda1616
dissinew1640
slacken1663
thin1670
resolve1715
imbecilitate1809
imbecile1829
to let down1832
to water down1832
the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > wine-making > [verb (transitive)] > make flat or insipid
flat1626
debilitatec1720
1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 46 a Immoderate watch..doth debilitate the powers animall.
1541 T. Paynell tr. Felicius Conspiracie of Catiline xlv. f. 71 To debylitate and cutte asunder theyr endeuoir and hope.
a1630 Faithful Friends (1975) v. ii. 2970 If you thinke his youth or Iudgment..debillitate his person..Call him home.
1717 C. Bullock Woman is Riddle i. i. 8 I am totally debilitated of all power of elocution.
c1720 N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Architecture II. xiii. 21 The sun shining..would be apt to heat, debilitate, and spoil the wine or other liquors.
1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm ix. 233 Whose moral sense had been debilitated.
1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. i. i. 45 A feeble constitution, which he further debilitated by a dissipated life.
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1639 J. Fletcher et al. Bloody Brother iv. ii. sig. G*4v Venus..is..cleare debilitated five degrees Beneath her ordinary power.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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