Dictionary entry

Debilitate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.