different between debile vs debilitate

English

Etymology

From Middle French débile (“weak”), from Latin debilis

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??b???/

Adjective

debile (comparative more debile, superlative most debile)

1. (obsolete) Weak; feeble.
   • about 1900, O. Henry, Hygeia at the Solito

     So, then, it was no surprise to the ranchhold when the buckboard spun to the door, and Raidler took up his debile protege like a handful of rags and set him down upon the gallery.

Anagrams

• belied, edible

German

Adjective

debile

1. inflection of debil:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin debilis. Compare debole.

Adjective

debile (plural debili)

1. (obsolete) weak

   Synonym: debole

Related terms

• debilità

Latin

Adjective

d?bile

1. nominative neuter singular of d?bilis
2. accusative neuter singular of d?bilis
3. vocative neuter singular of d?bilis

Polish

Noun

debile

1. nominative/vocative plural of debil

English

Etymology

Latin debilitatus, past participle of debilitare (“to weaken, debilitate”), from the adjective debilis (“weak”), from de- + habilis (“able”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??b?l?te?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d??b?l?te?t/

Verb

debilitate (third-person singular simple present debilitates, present participle debilitating, simple past and past participle debilitated)

1. (transitive) To make feeble; to weaken.

   The American Dream suffered a debilitating effect after the subprime crisis.

   Synonyms: enervate, enfeeble, weaken

Related terms

• debile
• debility
• debilitation
• debilitating

Translations

See also

• enervate

Further reading

• debilitate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• debilitate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Interlingua

Noun

debilitate (plural debilitates)

1. weakness

Italian

Verb

debilitate

1. second-person plural present indicative of debilitare
2. second-person plural imperative of debilitare
3. feminine plural of debilitato

Latin

Verb

d?bilit?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of d?bilit?

Romanian

Etymology

From French débilité

Noun

debilitate f (plural debilit??i)

1. debility

Declension