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debile, a. Obs. or arch.|ˈdɛbɪl|
[a. F. débile (14–15th c.), ad. L. dēbil-is weak, orig. wanting in ability or aptitude, f. dē- (de- I. 6) + habilis, able, apt, nimble, expert, etc.]
Weak, feeble, suffering from debility.
1536Latimer Serm. & Rem. (1845) 372 He being so debile, so weak, and of so great age. 1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 110/1 So debile, and feble of stomacke. 1607Shakes. Cor. i. ix. 48 For that I haue not..foyl'd some debile Wretch. 1659Baxter Key Cath. xliii. 308 Where the fact or Proposition from the Light of Nature is more debile. 1788May in Pettigrew Life of Lettsom (1817) III. 278 She..was still very restless, and extremely debile. 1802Med. Jrnl. VIII. 111 Causes, which induce a debile frame. 1890E. Johnson Rise of Christendom 158 In the form of a very debile old man of 202 years.
b. Bot. ‘Applied to a stem which is too weak to support the weight of leaves and flowers in an upright position’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.). |
