Debilitate \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)