Synonyms for debilitate

Grammar : Verb

Spell : dih-bil-i-teyt

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈbɪl ɪˌteɪt

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Définition of debilitate

Origin : 1530s, from Latin debilitatus, past participle of debilitare "to weaken," from debilis "weak" (see debility). Related: Debilitated; debilitating.

verb incapacitate

Example sentences :

I will not debilitate the cook; I will not exhaust the fowl-yard.
Extract from : « No Defense, Complete » by Gilbert Parker

He was one of those whom books cannot debilitate, nor a life of study incapacitate for the study of life.
Extract from : « On the Sublime » by Longinus

Taking hot food or drink, habitually, tends to debilitate all the organs thus needlessly excited.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Domestic Economy » by Catherine Esther Beecher

Many suppose that a warm bath exposes a person more readily to take cold; and that it tends to debilitate the system.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Domestic Economy » by Catherine Esther Beecher

This is to prevent the free escape of water, which might debilitate the starch-making cells.
Extract from : « Trees Worth Knowing » by Julia Ellen Rogers

Indulgence, however, should not be too frequent, lest it debilitate the pair and undermine their health.
Extract from : « Plain Talks on Avoided Subjects » by Henry Newell Guernsey

Not even the heaviest thunder showers seem to debilitate their kinetic ardour.
Extract from : « The Journal of a Disappointed Man » by Wilhelm Nero Pilate Barbellion

Of course that kind o' work tends to debilitate the best kind o' money.
Extract from : « Sonnie-Boy's People » by James B. Connolly

Even tea and coffee, the common beverages of all classes of people, have a tendency to debilitate the digestive organs….
Extract from : « Smoking and Drinking » by James Parton

The employment of purgatives is even less rational; they debilitate without affording any relief.
Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I » by Various

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