dēbilitō — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cripple noun An outdated and now offensive term for a person with a serious physical disability.
- debilitate verb To make feeble; to weaken.
- disable verb To take away someone's ability to do something, especially by injuring them.
- maim verb To injure someone so severely that part of their body is permanently damaged or disabled.
- unnerve verb To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble. Compare enervate.
- weaken verb To make something less strong.
Senses
dēbilitō is used for these senses in English:
- cripple To make someone a cripple; to cause someone to become physically impaired.
- debilitate (transitive) To make feeble; to weaken.
- disable (transitive) To render unable; to take away an ability of, as by crippling.
- maim To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
- weaken (transitive) To make weaker or less strong.
cripple — full definition
- noun An outdated and now offensive term for a person with a serious physical disability.
- verb To severely damage or disable something, physically or otherwise.