De*bil"i*tate (?), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. Debilitated; p. pr. & vb.
n. Debilitating.] [L. debilitatus, p. p. of
debilitare to debilitate, fr. debilis. See
Debility.] To impair the strength of; to weaken; to
enfeeble; as, to debilitate the body by
intemperance.
Various ails debilitate the mind.
Jenyns.
The debilitated frame of Mr. Bertram was
exhausted by this last effort.
Sir W. Scott.