enervate
verb (used with object)
to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken.
has enervated
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present perfectof enervate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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His morbid gloom has enervated him, and the call of the splendid earth is beyond him.
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