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Webster 1913 Edition


Debilitate

De-bil′i-tate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Debilitated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Debilitating
.]
[L.
debilitatus
, p. p. of
debilitare
to debilitate, fr.
debilis
. See
Debility
.]
To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble;
as, to
debilitate
the body by intemperance
.
Various ails
debilitate
the mind.
Jenyns.
The
debilitated
frame of Mr. Bertram was exhausted by this last effort.
Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1828 Edition


Debilitate

DEBIL'ITATE

,
Verb.
T.
To weaken; to impair the strength of; to enfeeble; to make faint or languid. Intemperance debilitates the organs of digestion. Excessive indulgence debilitates the system.

DEBIL'ITATE

D,
pp.
Weakened; enfeebled; relaxed.
DEBIL'ITATING, ppr. Weakening; enfeebling; impairing strength.
DEBILITA'TION, n. The act of weakening; relaxation.
DEBIL'ITY, n. Relaxation of the solids; weakness; feebleness; languor of body; faintness; imbecility; as, morbid sweats induce debility.
DEB'IT, n. [L. debitum, from debeo, to owe.] Debt. It is usually written debt. But it is used in mercantile language, as the debit side of an account.
DEB'IT, v.t.

Definition 2024


debilitāte

debilitāte

See also: debilitate and debilitātē

Latvian

Noun

debilitāte f (5th declension)

  1. (mental) debility, mental retardation
    debilitāte izpaužas nelielā intelekutālā aprobežotībāmental retardation expresses itself as (lit. in) slight intellectual limitations
    vispār idiotija, debilitāte un imbecilitāte ir gan medicīniskie termini: tās ir oligofrēnijas dažādas formas ― in general, idiocy, (mental) debility and imbecility are medical terms: they are various forms of oligophrenia

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