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Webster 1828 Edition
Debilitating
DEBIL'ITATING
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DEBILITA'TION, n. The act of weakening; relaxation.
DEBIL'ITY, n. Relaxation of the solids; weakness; feebleness; languor of body; faintness; imbecility; as, morbid sweats induce debility.
DEB'IT, n. [L. debitum, from debeo, to owe.] Debt. It is usually written debt. But it is used in mercantile language, as the debit side of an account.
DEB'IT, v.t.
Definition 2024
debilitating
debilitating
English
Adjective
debilitating (comparative more debilitating, superlative most debilitating)
- Causing a loss of energy or strength.
- 1931, H.P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness:
- Akeley, Noyes hastened to inform me, was glad and ready to see me; although his sudden attack of asthma would prevent him from being a very competent host for a day or two. These spells hit him hard when they came, and were always accompanied by a debilitating fever and general weakness.
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Usage notes
- Nouns often used with "debilitating": illness, effect.
Verb
debilitating
- present participle of debilitate