Hypertext Webster Gateway: "debilitated"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Debilitate \De*bil"i*tate\, v. 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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

debilitated
adj 1: lacking strength or vigor [syn: {adynamic}, {asthenic}, {enervated}]
2: weak and feeble; "I'm feeling seedy today" [syn: {enfeebled},
{infirm}, {seedy}]


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