IMBECILITATE VERB to make weak or feeble; to deprive of strength ...1647 obs. ETYMOLOGY from imbecility (n. mental or intellectual deficiency or weakness) + -ate FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1647 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...What was the violent pursuing of Members but a stinking condition'd kinde of physicall fighting with the whole body by way of imbecillitating?..." From: An Outcry Against the Speedy Hue & Cry after Generall Massey, Col, Poyntz and many other renowned reformadoes, etc.
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