debilitate

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Scrabble points: 13
Words With Friends: 15
Letters: 10

Pronunciation

/dɪˈbɪlɪteɪt/ (UK)

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/dɪˈbɪlɪteɪt/ (UK) · /dəˈbɪləteɪt/ (US)

Definition of debilitate

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

(transitive)To make feeble; to weaken.

“The American Dream suffered a debilitating effect after the subprime crisis.”
“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.”

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Etymology

From 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).

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