debilitate
See also: debilitātē and debilitāte
English edit
Etymology edit
Latin debilitatus, past participle of debilitare (“to weaken, debilitate”), from the adjective debilis (“weak”), from de- + habilis (“able”) (de- + ability + -ate).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
debilitate (third-person singular simple present debilitates, present participle debilitating, simple past and past participle debilitated)
- (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.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
to make feeble; to weaken
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See also edit
Further reading edit
- “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.
Interlingua edit
Noun edit
debilitate (plural debilitates)
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
debilitate
- inflection of debilitare:
Etymology 2 edit
Participle edit
debilitate f pl
Latin edit
Verb edit
dēbilitāte
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French débilité. Equivalent to debil + -itate.
Noun edit
debilitate f (plural debilități)
Declension edit
Declension of debilitate
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (o) debilitate | debilitatea | (niște) debilități | debilitățile |
genitive/dative | (unei) debilități | debilității | (unor) debilități | debilităților |
vocative | debilitate, debilitateo | debilităților |
Spanish edit
Verb edit
debilitate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of debilitar combined with te