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To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to debilitate the body by intemperance.

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  1. v. t. To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to debilitate the body by intemperance.
  2. v. make weak
  3. 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.
  4. To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, todebilitate the body by intemperance.Various ails debilitate the mind. Jenyns.The debilitated frame of Mr. Bertram was exhausted by this lasteffort. Sir W. Scott.