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Debile
Webster 1828 Edition
Debile
DEB'ILE
,Adj.
DEBIL'ITATE, v.t. To weaken; to impair the strength of; to enfeeble; to make faint or languid. Intemperance debilitates the organs of digestion. Excessive indulgence debilitates the system.
DEBIL'ITATED, pp. Weakened; enfeebled; relaxed.
DEBIL'ITATING, ppr. Weakening; enfeebling; impairing strength.
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.
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debile
debile
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English
Adjective
debile (comparative more debile, superlative most debile)
- (obsolete) Weak.
- 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.
- about 1900, O. Henry, Hygeia at the Solito
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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin debilis. Compare debole.
Adjective
debile m, f (masculine and feminine plural debili)
- (obsolete) weak