imbecilitate

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verb

To weaken, as to the body or the mind; to enfeeble.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person imbecilitates · participle present imbecilitating · participle past imbecilitated · past imbecilitated

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo 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

Origin

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

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APA

imbecilitate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imbecilitate

MLA

“imbecilitate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imbecilitate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “imbecilitate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imbecilitate.

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