† imbecilitatev.

Forms: 1600s imbecillitate, 1600s–1900s imbecilitate.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: imbecility n., -ate suffix³.

Etymology: < imbecility n. + -ate suffix³; compare -itate suffix.Compare post-classical Latin imbecillitare to weaken (15th cent. in a British source). With the form imbecillitate compare the discussion at imbecile adj. and n. N.E.D. (1899) gives the pronunciation as (imbĭsi·liteⁱt) /ɪmbɪˈsɪlɪteɪt/.

Obsolete.

transitive. To make weak or feeble; to deprive of strength. Cf. imbecile adj. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

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

1647 [implied in: Outcry against Speedy Hue & Cry 4 What was the violent pursuing of Members but a stinking condition'd kinde of physicall fighting with the whole body by way of imbecillitating? (at imbecilitating at Derivatives)].

1648 Mercurius Impartialis No. 1. 6 There is a Power above yours, that both can and will infatuate your Councels, imbecilitate your Strength, and scatter your Forces.

a1652 A. Wilson Hist. Great Brit. (1653) 58 The man being skilful in natural Magick, did use all the Artifice his subtilty could devise, really to imbecillitate the Earl.

1689 G. Harvey Art of curing Dis. by Expectation iv. 18 A Man or Woman..being never so little imbecillitated in their Lungs.

1724 J. Maubray Female Physician iii. xxviii. 113 The Plenty of vitious Blood, which tends to no other end, than to Imbecilitate the Woman, and render her incapable of suffering the Insults of such acute Diseases.

1754 S. Derrick tr. C. de Bergerac Voy. to Moon 99 When Use has imbecilitated his [sc. a Philosopher's] Organs, and Age rendered him talkative and heavy, he seems only the Appearance of a Man.

1809 Edinb. Rev. 15 96 The same cause..imbecilitates..the superintendance of their official superiors.

1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 8 364 A great effect in imbecilitating the understanding.

1912 Lancet-Clinic (Cincinnati) 5 Oct. 361/1 School systems based upon mistaken premises, unwise teachers and unsanitary buildings have played their part in imbecilitating the young.

Derivatives

imbecilitating n. and adj.

ΚΠ

1647 Outcry against Speedy Hue & Cry 4 What was the violent pursuing of Members but a stinking condition'd kinde of physicall fighting with the whole body by way of imbecillitating?

1803 O. Beckett Statement of Facts Merits of Petitions 11 He sought for relief, in an imbecilitating resource, which has frequently proved fatal to others.

1912 Lancet-Clinic (Cincinnati) 5 Oct. 362/2 The imbecilitating forces of savagery, ignorance, and disease.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	imbecilitate
释义	† imbecilitatev. Forms: 1600s imbecillitate, 1600s–1900s imbecilitate. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: imbecility n., -ate suffix³. Etymology: < imbecility n. + -ate suffix³; compare -itate suffix.Compare post-classical Latin imbecillitare to weaken (15th cent. in a British source). With the form imbecillitate compare the discussion at imbecile adj. and n. N.E.D. (1899) gives the pronunciation as (imbĭsi·liteⁱt) /ɪmbɪˈsɪlɪteɪt/. Obsolete. transitive. To make weak or feeble; to deprive of strength. Cf. imbecile adj. 1a. ΘΚΠ 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 1647 [implied in: Outcry against Speedy Hue & Cry 4 What was the violent pursuing of Members but a stinking condition'd kinde of physicall fighting with the whole body by way of imbecillitating? (at imbecilitating at Derivatives)]. 1648 Mercurius Impartialis No. 1. 6 There is a Power above yours, that both can and will infatuate your Councels, imbecilitate your Strength, and scatter your Forces. a1652 A. Wilson Hist. Great Brit. (1653) 58 The man being skilful in natural Magick, did use all the Artifice his subtilty could devise, really to imbecillitate the Earl. 1689 G. Harvey Art of curing Dis. by Expectation iv. 18 A Man or Woman..being never so little imbecillitated in their Lungs. 1724 J. Maubray Female Physician iii. xxviii. 113 The Plenty of vitious Blood, which tends to no other end, than to Imbecilitate the Woman, and render her incapable of suffering the Insults of such acute Diseases. 1754 S. Derrick tr. C. de Bergerac Voy. to Moon 99 When Use has imbecilitated his [sc. a Philosopher's] Organs, and Age rendered him talkative and heavy, he seems only the Appearance of a Man. 1809 Edinb. Rev. 15 96 The same cause..imbecilitates..the superintendance of their official superiors. 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 8 364 A great effect in imbecilitating the understanding. 1912 Lancet-Clinic (Cincinnati) 5 Oct. 361/1 School systems based upon mistaken premises, unwise teachers and unsanitary buildings have played their part in imbecilitating the young. Derivatives imbecilitating n. and adj. ΚΠ 1647 Outcry against Speedy Hue & Cry 4 What was the violent pursuing of Members but a stinking condition'd kinde of physicall fighting with the whole body by way of imbecillitating? 1803 O. Beckett Statement of Facts Merits of Petitions 11 He sought for relief, in an imbecilitating resource, which has frequently proved fatal to others. 1912 Lancet-Clinic (Cincinnati) 5 Oct. 362/2 The imbecilitating forces of savagery, ignorance, and disease. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1647
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