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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Debilitat, ppl. a. [e.m.E. debilitate (1552), L. dēbilitātus.] Enfeebled. —1557 Edinb. B. Rec. III. 12.
That … nane of thaim be sufferit to beg except thai be ald, cruikit, lame, or debilitat be greit seiknes