debilitate

Betekenis (Engels)

To make feeble; to weaken.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/dɪˈbɪlɪteɪt/
Etimologie (Engels)

From debilitatus, the past passive participle of Latin dēbilitō (“to weaken, debilitate”), from the adjective dēbilis (“weak”), itself from de- + habilis (“able”). Equivalent to Latin dēbilitō + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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