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View synonyms for enervate
enervate
verb
- tr to deprive of strength or vitality; weaken physically or mentally; debilitate
adjective
- deprived of strength or vitality; weakened
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Derived Forms
- ˈenerˌvator, noun
- ˈenerˌvative, adjective
- ˌenerˈvation, noun
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Other Words From
- ener·vation noun
- ener·vative adjective
- ener·vator noun
- non·ener·vating adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of enervate1
C17: from Latin ēnervāre to remove the nerves from, from nervus nerve, sinew
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Example Sentences
This was the beginning of the fatal practice destined in the end to enervate France and demoralize the army.
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Then as they are almost all fighting men (tata toa) they are restricted that they may not weaken or enervate themselves.
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What is the use of wondrous gifts of language, if they are employed to enervate, p. 19and not to ennoble, their hearers?
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To enervate, irritate, or corrupt the body is to produce a like effect upon the mind.
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They are full of weaknesses and pains that wear out life and enervate all their mental and spiritual powers.
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