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"etymology_text": "Latin debilitatus, past participle of debilitare (“to weaken, debilitate”), from the adjective debilis (“weak”), from de- + habilis (“able”) (de- + ability + -ate).",
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"(transitive) To make feeble; to weaken."
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"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
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"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
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{
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"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
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"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
"word": "heikentää"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
"word": "débiliter"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
"word": "an den Kräften zehren"
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"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
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"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
"word": "entkräften"
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"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
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"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
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"code": "io",
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"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
"word": "debiligar"
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"code": "ja",
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"roman": "jakka suru",
"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
"word": "弱化する"
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"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
"word": "debilito"
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"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
"word": "whakangoikore"
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"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
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"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
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"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
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"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
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"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
"word": "lagaich"
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"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
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"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
"word": "отслабвам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "omalomoštavam",
"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
"word": "омаломощавам"
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{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
"word": "oslabit"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
"word": "verzwakken"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
"word": "heikentää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
"word": "débiliter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
"word": "an den Kräften zehren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
"word": "schwächen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
"word": "entkräften"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apochavnóno",
"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
"word": "veikja"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
"word": "debiligar"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jakka suru",
"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
"word": "弱化する"
},
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
"word": "debilito"
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{
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
"word": "whakangoikore"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
"word": "svekke"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
"word": "svekkes"
},
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"code": "nn",
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"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
"word": "svekke"
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{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
"word": "svekkje"
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{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
"word": "svekkast"
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{
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"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
"word": "svekkjast"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oslabljátʹ",
"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
"word": "ослабля́ть"
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
"word": "lagaich"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make feeble; to weaken",
"word": "debilitar"
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