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Debilitate   Listen
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Debilitate  v. t.  (past & past part. debilitated; pres. part. debilitating)  To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to debilitate the body by intemperance. "Various ails debilitate the mind." "The debilitated frame of Mr. Bertram was exhausted by this last effort."






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"Debilitate" Quotes from Famous Books



... quality of food alone, that will induce a foul breath, either in adults or infants. He who swallows such enormous quantities, even of plain food, as by overloading and fatiguing the stomach, tend gradually to debilitate it, will produce the same effect. The enormous feeders of this full feeding country, whether they are young or old, whether they inhabit the mountain or the vale, and whether they feed on animal food or not, have generally a bad breath; and if they seldom offend, it is ...
— The Young Mother - Management of Children in Regard to Health • William A. Alcott



Words linked to "Debilitate" :   debility, weaken, enfeeble, debilitative, macerate



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