Part 2794

<h1>Debilitate</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>De*bil"i*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Debilitated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Debilitating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>debilitatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>debilitare</ets> to debilitate, fr. <ets>debilis</ets>. See <er>Debility</er>.]</ety> <def>To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; <as>as, to <ex>debilitate</ex> the body by intemperance</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Various ails <b>debilitate</b> the mind. <i>Jenyns.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>debilitated</b> frame of Mr. Bertram was exhausted by this last effort. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Debilitation</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>De*bil`i*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>debilitatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82bilitation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated; weakness.</def>

<h1>Debility</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>De*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>debilitas</ets>, fr. <ets>debilis</ets> weak, prob. fr. <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>habilis</ets> able: cf. F. <ets>d\'82bilit\'82</ets>. See <er>Able</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>The state of being weak; weakness; feebleness; languor.</def>

<blockquote>The inconveniences of too strong a perspiration, which are <b>debility</b>, faintness, and sometimes sudden death. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- <er>Debility</er>, <er>Infirmity</er>, <er>Imbecility</er>.</syn> <usage> An <i>infirmity</i> belongs, for the most part, to particular members, and is often temporary, as of the eyes, etc. <i>Debility</i> is more general, and while it lasts impairs the ordinary functions of nature. <i>Imbecility</i> attaches to the whole frame, and renders it more or less powerless. <i>Debility</i> may be constitutional or may be the result or superinduced causes; <i>Imbecility</i> is always constitutional; <i>infirmity</i> is accidental, and results from sickness or a decay of the frame. These words, in their figurative uses, have the same distinctions; we speak of <i>infirmity</i> of will, <i>debility</i> of body, and an <i>Imbecility</i> which affects the whole man; but <i>Imbecility</i> is often used with specific reference to feebleness of mind.</usage>

<h1>Debit</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>Deb"it</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>debitum</ets> what is due, debt, from <ets>debere</ets> to owe: cf. F. <ets>d\'82bit</ets>. See <er>Debt</er>.]</ety> <def>A debt; an entry on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; -- mostly used adjectively; <as>as, the <ex>debit</ex> side of an account</as>.</def>

<h1>Debit</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>Deb"it</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Debited</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Debiting</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To charge with debt; -- the opposite of, and correlative to, <i>credit</i>; <as>as, to <ex>debit</ex> a purchaser for the goods sold</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bookkeeping)</fld> <def>To enter on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; <as>as, to <ex>debit</ex> the amount of goods sold</as>.</def>

<h1>Debitor</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>Deb"it*or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. See <er>Debtor</er>.]</ety> <def>A debtor.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Debituminization</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>De`bi*tu`mi*ni*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of depriving of bitumen.</def>

<h1>Debituminize</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>De`bi*tu"mi*nize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To deprive of bitumen.</def>

<h1>D\'82blai</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>D\'82`blai"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <def>The cavity from which the earth for parapets, etc. (remblai), is taken.</def>

<h1>Debonair</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>Deb`o*nair"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>debonere</ets>, OF. <ets>de bon aire</ets>, <ets>debonaire</ets>, of good descent or lineage, excellent, debonair, F. <ets>d\'82bonnaire</ets> debonair; <ets>de</ets> of (L. <ets>de</ets>) + <ets>bon</ets> good (L. <ets>bonus</ets>) + <ets>aire</ets>. See <er>Air</er>, and <er>Bounty</er>, and cf. <er>Bonair</er>.]</ety> <def>Characterized by courteousness, affability, or gentleness; of good appearance and manners; graceful; complaisant.</def>

<blockquote>Was never prince so meek and <b>debonair</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>