Debilitating

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           Various ails debilitate the mind.        --Jenyns.
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           The debilitated frame of Mr. Bertram was exhausted by
           this last effort.                        --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  debilitating \debilitating\ adj.
     causing weakness. Opposite of {invigorating}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  debilitating
       adj : impairing the strength and vitality [ant: {invigorating}]