/
dɪˈbɪlɪteɪt/
v.
[
often as adj. debilitating]
make very weak and infirm.
Derivative
- debilitatingly adv.
- debilitation n.
- debilitative adj.
Etymology
C16 (earlier (ME) as debilitation): from L. debilitat-, debilitare ‘weaken’, from debilitas, from debilis ‘weak’.
