imbecilitate
See also: imbecilitātē and imbecilitāte
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From imbecility + -ate (verb-forming suffix); compare -itate and Medieval Latin imbēcillitō.[1]
Verb
[edit]imbecilitate (third-person singular simple present imbecilitates, present participle imbecilitating, simple past and past participle imbecilitated)
- (transitive, obsolete) To weaken, as to the body or the mind; to enfeeble.
- 1653, Arthur Wilson, The History of Great Britain, being the Life and Reign of King James I:
- The man, being skilful in natural magick, did use all the artifices his subtilty could devise to imbecilitate the earl.
References
[edit]- ^ “imbecilitate, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French imbécilité. Equivalent to imbecil + -itate.
Noun
[edit]imbecilitate f (plural imbecilități)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | imbecilitate | imbecilitatea | imbecilități | imbecilitățile |
| genitive-dative | imbecilități | imbecilității | imbecilități | imbecilităților |
| vocative | imbecilitate, imbecilitateo | imbecilităților | ||
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