debilitate
verbEtymology
From debilitatus, the past passive participle of Latin dēbilitō (“to weaken, debilitate”), from the adjective dēbilis (“weak”), itself from de- + habilis (“able”). Equivalent to Latin dēbilitō + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
- derived from dēbilitō
Definitions
To make feeble
To make feeble; to weaken.
- The American Dream suffered a debilitating effect after the subprime crisis.
- Twice, they found themselves behind, seemingly on their way out, and on both occasions they absolutely refused to let their lack of numbers debilitate them.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at debilitate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at debilitate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at debilitate
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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