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imbecilitate

imbecilitate verb: to weaken, as to the body or the mind; to enfeeble.

Verb

imbecilitate (third-person singular simple present imbecilitates, present participle imbecilitating, simple past and past participle imbecilitated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To weaken, as to the body or the mind; to enfeeble.
    • The man, being skilful in natural magick, did use all the artifices his subtilty could devise to imbecilitate the earl.1653, Arthur Wilson, The History of Great Britain, being the Life and Reign of King James I

Forms of imbecilitate

third-person singular presentimbecilitates
present participleimbecilitating
past participleimbecilitated
pastimbecilitated

Origin of imbecilitate

From imbecility + -ate (verb-forming suffix); compare -itate and Medieval Latin imbēcillitō.

Questions about imbecilitate

What does imbecilitate mean?
Imbecilitate means to weaken, as to the body or the mind; to enfeeble.
What part of speech is imbecilitate?
Imbecilitate is a verb.
What is the past tense of imbecilitate?
The past tense of imbecilitate is imbecilitated.

Words near imbecilitate in the dictionary

  1. imbeciles
  2. imbecilic
  3. imbecilically
  4. imbecilification
  5. imbecilism
  6. imbecilitate
  7. imbecilitated
  8. imbecilitates
  9. imbecilitating
  10. imbecilities
  11. imbecility

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