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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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Various ails debilitate the mind. --Jenyns.
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The debilitated frame of Mr. Bertram was exhausted by
this last effort. --Sir W.
Scott.
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