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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DEBILITATE

From Latin dēbilitāre, from dēbilis weak.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DEBILITATE

debilitate  [dɪˈbɪlɪˌteɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEBILITATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Debilitate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb debilitate in English.

WHAT DOES DEBILITATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of debilitate in the English dictionary

The definition of debilitate in the dictionary is to make feeble; weaken.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DEBILITATE

PRESENT

Present
I debilitate
you debilitate
he/she/it debilitates
we debilitate
you debilitate
they debilitate
Present continuous
I am debilitating
you are debilitating
he/she/it is debilitating
we are debilitating
you are debilitating
they are debilitating
Present perfect
I have debilitated
you have debilitated
he/she/it has debilitated
we have debilitated
you have debilitated
they have debilitated
Present perfect continuous
I have been debilitating
you have been debilitating
he/she/it has been debilitating
we have been debilitating
you have been debilitating
they have been debilitating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I debilitated
you debilitated
he/she/it debilitated
we debilitated
you debilitated
they debilitated
Past continuous
I was debilitating
you were debilitating
he/she/it was debilitating
we were debilitating
you were debilitating
they were debilitating
Past perfect
I had debilitated
you had debilitated
he/she/it had debilitated
we had debilitated
you had debilitated
they had debilitated
Past perfect continuous
I had been debilitating
you had been debilitating
he/she/it had been debilitating
we had been debilitating
you had been debilitating
they had been debilitating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will debilitate
you will debilitate
he/she/it will debilitate
we will debilitate
you will debilitate
they will debilitate
Future continuous
I will be debilitating
you will be debilitating
he/she/it will be debilitating
we will be debilitating
you will be debilitating
they will be debilitating
Future perfect
I will have debilitated
you will have debilitated
he/she/it will have debilitated
we will have debilitated
you will have debilitated
they will have debilitated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been debilitating
you will have been debilitating
he/she/it will have been debilitating
we will have been debilitating
you will have been debilitating
they will have been debilitating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would debilitate
you would debilitate
he/she/it would debilitate
we would debilitate
you would debilitate
they would debilitate
Conditional continuous
I would be debilitating
you would be debilitating
he/she/it would be debilitating
we would be debilitating
you would be debilitating
they would be debilitating
Conditional perfect
I would have debilitate
you would have debilitate
he/she/it would have debilitate
we would have debilitate
you would have debilitate
they would have debilitate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been debilitating
you would have been debilitating
he/she/it would have been debilitating
we would have been debilitating
you would have been debilitating
they would have been debilitating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you debilitate
we let´s debilitate
you debilitate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to debilitate
Past participle
debilitated
Present Participle
debilitating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEBILITATE


acetate
ˈæsɪˌteɪt
capacitate
kəˈpæsɪˌteɪt
decapitate
dɪˈkæpɪˌteɪt
dishabilitate
ˌdɪshəˈbɪlɪˌteɪt
facilitate
fəˈsɪlɪˌteɪt
gravitate
ˈɡrævɪˌteɪt
habilitate
həˈbɪlɪˌteɪt
hesitate
ˈhɛzɪˌteɪt
imitate
ˈɪmɪˌteɪt
irritate
ˈɪrɪˌteɪt
meditate
ˈmɛdɪˌteɪt
militate
ˈmɪlɪˌteɪt
necessitate
nɪˈsɛsɪˌteɪt
nobilitate
nəʊˈbɪlɪˌteɪt
palmitate
ˈpælmɪˌteɪt
periclitate
pəˈrɪklɪˌteɪt
precipitate
prɪˈsɪpɪˌteɪt
rehabilitate
ˌriːəˈbɪlɪˌteɪt
triacetate
traɪˈæsɪˌteɪt
volitate
ˈvɒlɪˌteɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEBILITATE

debel
debenture
debenture bond
debenture holder
debenture stock
debentured
debile
debilitated
debilitating
debilitation
debilitative
debilities
debility
debit
debit account
debit balance
debit card
debit entry
debit side
debitor

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEBILITATE

capitate
cavitate
cogitate
cryoprecipitate
delimitate
digitate
estate
excogitate
expeditate
felicitate
incapacitate
interdigitate
levitate
oscitate
palpitate
premeditate
quantitate
regurgitate
resuscitate
sanitate
suscitate

Synonyms and antonyms of debilitate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DEBILITATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «debilitate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of debilitate

Translation of «debilitate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEBILITATE

Find out the translation of debilitate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of debilitate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «debilitate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

使...衰弱
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

debilitar
570 millions of speakers

English

debilitate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बलहीन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

توهن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ослабляют
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

debilitar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দুর্বল করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

débiliter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Melemahkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schwächen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

衰弱させる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

심신을 약화시키다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Debilitate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm suy nhược
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தளர்வூட்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कमजोर होणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zayıflatmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

debilitare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

osłabiać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

послаблюють
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

debilitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εξουθενώσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verzwakken
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

försvagar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

debilitate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of debilitate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEBILITATE»

The term «debilitate» is regularly used and occupies the 80.650 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEBILITATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «debilitate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «debilitate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about debilitate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEBILITATE»

Discover the use of debilitate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to debilitate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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De Primarvm Viarvm Debilitate
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Christian Gottlieb Ludwig, 2012
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Commentaries on the principles and practice of physic: ...
Lienteria a ex debilitate, Gabelhover ; mucosa, Lieu- ' taud ex diarrhœa vel dysenteria diuturna, Hippocr. ; aphthosa, Sauv. — Cœliaca b mucosa, Tern. ; chylosa, Aret. — Diarrhœa pituitosa, Piso ; serosa a debilitate, vitrea, Boerh. ; lactentium, ...
James Makittrick Adair, Thomas Becket ((Londres)), John Balfour ((Edimburgo)), 1772
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SAT and ACT VOCABULARY BUILDING
The Secretary of State was sent to Nicaragua as a presidential for the purpose of stopping the spread of Communism 3. EMISSARY to South America. 4. “ (d) by his captivity and mistreatment, [Admiral] 4. DEBILITATE Stockdale could hardly or  ...
Robert L. Crist, 2008
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The London Medical and Physical Journal
Every thing, excepting subtraction, stimulate, according to Brown : water and a diet of vegetables, which debilitate, debilitate because they Stimulate too little. Emetics and purgatives, which debilitate, debilitate because the quantity of the ...
5
Robert Hartwell Fiske's Dictionary of Unendurable English: A ...
def in appendix A. disabilitate Misused for debilitate. ' Sleep disorders like apnea, narcolepsy, and insomnia can be dangerous and disabilitating. USE debilitating. ' Many who sufler from a disabilitating illness swear that this wonderful ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2011
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English Synonymes: With Copious Illustrations and ...
... route, course 275 WEAK— weak, feeble, infirm 368 TO WEAKEN— to weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, enervate, invalidate 368 WEAKNESS — Imperfection, weakness, frailty, failing, foible 134 WEALTH— riches, wealth, opulence, affluence.
George Crabb, 1837
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How You Became You (and Why You Do the Things You Do): How ...
How Abusive Parenting Styles Debilitate Children Judy R. De Wit. (And Why You Do the Things You Do) HoW Abusive Parenting Styles Debilitate Children Judy R . De Wit iUniverse, Inc. Blooming'ron How You Became You (And Why You Do ...
Judy R. De Wit, 2012
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English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order
A'r-reaeunv. T0 WEAKEN, ENFEEBLE, DEBILITATE, ENERVATE, INVALIDATE. To WEAKEN is to make weak (2). Weak), and is, as before, the generic term: to ENFEEBLE is to makejecble (1;. Weak): to DEBILITATE is to cause debility (v.
George Crabb, 1824
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English Synonymes explained, in alphabetical order; with ...
Weak); to debilitate is to cause debility (0. DeIn'lity) ,- to enem-ate is to unnerve; and to invalidate is to make not valid or strong: all of which are but modes of weakening applicable to different objects. To weaken may be either a temporary or ...
George Crabb, 1826
10
Building Vocabulary for College
It's □ incongruous to me that Lucia, who never goes out of her way to make friends, is often the person others turn to for advice. incongruous is related to (a) inconsistency (b) intelligence . 4. debilitate (də BIL ə tat)—verb Fad diets not only  ...
R. Kent Smith, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEBILITATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term debilitate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Number of ticks infected with Lyme Disease reaches epidemic level
IT DEBILITATE'S. -- DEBILITATES. ALL THREE OF THE CHILDREN WERE INFECTED. SHE NOW WORKS WITH SUPPORT GROUPS. «WCVB Boston, Jul 15»
2
Two Conservative States Are Helping to End One of the Worst …
... the lifetime ban from welfare and food stamps lays bare a philosophy of criminal justice that seeks to debilitate rather than to rehabilitate. «Mic, Jul 15»
3
'American Desis' Podcast Explores the Extent of a South Asian …
To either bridge or to further debilitate them in a choice. Although being considered a constituent of the South Asian community is unavoidable, ... «India.com, Jul 15»
4
Marcell Ozuna demotion a curious move for Miami Marlins
However, when diving deeper into the data, it does not seem as though Ozuna is suffering significantly from something that would debilitate his ... «Fish Stripes, Jul 15»
5
Jim McGuinness: Munster replay will be shaped by team that learns …
Paddy Kelly's entrance after Paul picked up his black card didn't debilitate Cork's cause at all. Still, I counted 10 turnovers by Cork in the first 15 ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
6
Mayor's post should not be a form of reward, say experts
The trend, they said, would only debilitate the administration from growing, and stifle progress. They added that the Government's meddling in ... «The Star Online, Jul 15»
7
An HIV Vaccine On The Horizon? Experimental Vaccine Works In 50 …
Scientists have struggled with creating a vaccine for HIV/AIDS for decades now, as the virus' job is solely to neutralize and debilitate the ... «Medical Daily, Jul 15»
8
Stress hormones to debilitate breast cancer treatment
chronic-fatigue Breast cancer has now become one of the most common types of cancers which affect the female population. There has been a ... «Gazette Tribune, Jul 15»
9
WestJet's latest bomb scare: What you need to know
“They are attacks nonetheless, because they are intended to cause economic harm to the private sector, debilitate critical infrastructure and ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
10
The Baltic Balance Christopher S. Chivvis
Nevertheless, ejecting Russian troops from the Baltics would take many months, cost thousands of lives, and debilitate the European economy. «Foreign Affairs, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Debilitate [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/debilitate>. Apr 2024 ».
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