Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to debilitate
Participle: debilitated
Gerund: debilitating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | debilitate |
| you | debilitate |
| he;she;it | debilitates |
| we | debilitate |
| you | debilitate |
| they | debilitate |
Perfect
| I | have debilitated |
| you | have debilitated |
| he;she;it | has debilitated |
| we | have debilitated |
| you | have debilitated |
| they | have debilitated |
Past
| I | debilitated |
| you | debilitated |
| he;she;it | debilitated |
| we | debilitated |
| you | debilitated |
| they | debilitated |
Pluperfect
| I | had debilitated |
| you | had debilitated |
| he;she;it | had debilitated |
| we | had debilitated |
| you | had debilitated |
| they | had debilitated |
Future
| I | will debilitate |
| you | will debilitate |
| he;she;it | will debilitate |
| we | will debilitate |
| you | will debilitate |
| they | will debilitate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have debilitated |
| you | will have debilitated |
| he;she;it | will have debilitated |
| we | will have debilitated |
| you | will have debilitated |
| they | will have debilitated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | debilitate |
| you | debilitate |
| he;she;it | debilitate |
| we | debilitate |
| you | debilitate |
| they | debilitate |
Perfect
| I | have debilitated |
| you | have debilitated |
| he;she;it | have debilitated |
| we | have debilitated |
| you | have debilitated |
| they | have debilitated |
Imperfect
| I | debilitated |
| you | debilitated |
| he;she;it | debilitated |
| we | debilitated |
| you | debilitated |
| they | debilitated |
Pluperfect
| I | had debilitated |
| you | had debilitated |
| he;she;it | had debilitated |
| we | had debilitated |
| you | had debilitated |
| they | had debilitated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would debilitate |
| you | would debilitate |
| he;she;it | would debilitate |
| we | would debilitate |
| you | would debilitate |
| they | would debilitate |
Perfect
| I | would have debilitated |
| you | would have debilitated |
| he;she;it | would have debilitated |
| we | would have debilitated |
| you | would have debilitated |
| they | would have debilitated |
Imperative
| you | debilitate |
| we | Let's debilitate |
| you | debilitate |
Verbs conjugated like 'debilitate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'debilitate'
delimitate,
habilitate,
nobilitate,
debellate,
debigulate,
debulliate,
decapitate,
deexcitate,
defoliate,
deiminate,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
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; adjective-forming suffix). See: Latin '
dēbilitō'.
Sample Sentences
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The American Dream suffered a debilitating effect after the subprime crisis.
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The personal desire to forget is one thing, if practiced by historians it debilitates history. [1986 February 15, Denis M. Sweet, “A Sobering History from Weimar to the Ovens”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 39, page B3:]
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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. [2015 March 12, Daniel Taylor, “Chelsea out of Champions League after Thiago Silva sends 10-man PSG through on away goals”, in The Guardian (London):]