| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| debilitate |
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| SYLLABICATION: | de·bil·i·tate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d -bl -t t |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: de·bil·i·tat·ed, de·bil·i·tat·ing, de·bil·i·tates
To sap the strength or energy of; enervate. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin d bilitre, dbilitt-, from dbilis, weak. See bel- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | de·bili·tation —NOUN
de·bili·tative —ADJECTIVE
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