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Debilitating definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEBIL'ITATING, ppr. Weakening; enfeebling; impairing strength.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: impairing the strength and vitality [ant: invigorating]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. Various ails debilitate the mind. --Jenyns. The debilitated frame of Mr. Bertram was exhausted by this last effort. --Sir W. Scott.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

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