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debilitation|dɪbɪlɪˈteɪʃən|
[a. F. débilitation, -acion (13th c.), ad. L. dēbilitātiōn-em, n. of action f. dēbilitāre to debilitate.]
The action of debilitating; debilitated condition; weakening.
1491Caxton Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) ii. 247 a/2 Some sykenes or debylytacyon of his bodye. 1524St. Papers Hen. VIII, IV. 93 For the debilitacion and discomfort of thenemye. 1645Bp. Hall Rem. Discont. 25 How often doth sicknesse prevent the debilitations of age. 1875Lyell Princ. Geol. I. i. ix. 168 The debilitation of the subterranean forces. 1876T. Le M. Douse Grimm's L. §10. 19 An accelerated phonetic debilitation. |