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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. make weak;
- Example: "Life in the camp drained him"
[syn: enfeeble, debilitate, drain]


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. [1913 Webster] Various ails debilitate the mind. --Jenyns. [1913 Webster] The debilitated frame of Mr. Bertram was exhausted by this last effort. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

debilitate v 1: make weak; "Life in the camp drained him" [syn: enfeeble, debilitate, drain]