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debilitate
What does debilitate mean?
debilitate (verb): to make feeble; to weaken.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce debilitate?
/dəˈbɪləˌteɪt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does debilitate come from?
From debilitatus, the past passive participle of Latin dēbilitō (“to weaken, debilitate”), from the adjective dēbilis (“weak”), itself from de- + habilis (“able”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “debilitate” mean?
to occur at the same time
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to make (a bill) into law
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to flash or gleam briefly
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to make feeble; to weaken
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