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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
debilitate
    v 1: make weak; "Life in the camp drained him" [syn: enfeeble,
         debilitate, drain]

2. 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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Thesaurus Results for Debilitate:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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