imbecilitate

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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verb

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

Obsolete; Transitive verb

"The man, being skilful in natural magick, did use all the artifices his subtilty could devise to imbecilitate the earl."

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

imbecilitates (present, singular) imbecilitating (participle, present) imbecilitated (participle, past) imbecilitated (past)

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What does imbecilitate mean?

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

Where does imbecilitate come from?

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

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