different between injure vs debilitate

English

Etymology

A back-formation from injury, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin ini?ria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + i?s, i?ris (“right, law”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??nd??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??nd??/
• Rhymes: -?nd??(?)

Verb

injure (third-person singular simple present injures, present participle injuring, simple past and past participle injured)

1. (transitive) To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.

2. (transitive) To damage or impair.
3. (transitive) To do injustice to.

Synonyms

Antonyms

• praise
• help
• preserve
• benefit

Related terms

• injurious
• injury

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French injurie, borrowed from Latin injuria, ini?ria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.?y?/

Noun

injure f (plural injures)

1. offense, insult

Related terms

• injurier

References

“injure” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Adjective

inj?re

1. vocative masculine singular of inj?rus

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