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Antonyms for debilitate

Grammar : Verb
Spell : dih-bil-i-teyt
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈbɪl ɪˌteɪt

Definition 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

Synonyms for debilitate

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