debilitate
See also: debilitātē and debilitāte
English
editEtymology
editFrom debilitatus, the past passive participle of Latin dēbilitō (“to weaken, debilitate”), from the adjective dēbilis (“weak”), itself from de- + habilis (“able”). Equivalent to Latin dēbilitō + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editdebilitate (third-person singular simple present debilitates, present participle debilitating, simple past and past participle debilitated)
- (transitive) To make feeble; to weaken.
- Synonyms: enervate, enfeeble, 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
editTranslations
editto make feeble; to weaken
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See also
editFurther 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
editNoun
editdebilitate (plural debilitates)
Italian
editEtymology 1
editVerb
editdebilitate
- inflection of debilitare:
Etymology 2
editParticiple
editdebilitate f pl
Latin
editVerb
editdēbilitāte
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French débilité. Equivalent to debil + -itate.
Noun
editdebilitate f (plural debilități)
Declension
editDeclension 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
editVerb
editdebilitate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of debilitar combined with te
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