debilitate

See also: debilitātē and debilitāte

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin debilitatus, past participle of debilitare (“to weaken, debilitate”), from the adjective debilis (“weak”), from de- + habilis (“able”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈbɪlɪteɪt/
• IPA^(key): /dəˈbɪləteɪt/

Verb

1. (transitive) To make feeble; to 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.

   Synonyms: enervate, enfeeble, weaken

Related terms

• debile
• debility
• debilitation
• debilitating

Translations

to make feeble; to weaken

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: отслабвам (bg) (otslabvam), омаломощавам (bg) (omalomoštavam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: verzwakken (nl)
• Finnish: heikentää (fi)
• French: débiliter (fr)
• German: an den Kräften zehren, schwächen (de), entkräften (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Icelandic: veikja
• Ido: debiligar (io)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: debilito, debilito
• Maori: whakangoikore
• Russian: ослабля́ть (ru) (oslabljátʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: lagaich
• Spanish: debilitar (es)

See also

• enervate

Further reading

• “debilitate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “debilitate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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Interlingua

Noun

debilitate (plural debilitates)

1. weakness

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Italian

Verb

debilitate

1. second-person plural present indicative of debilitare
2. second-person plural imperative of debilitare
3. feminine plural of debilitato

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) dēbilitāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēbilitō