enervate

  • 21enervate — [ ɛnəveɪt] verb cause to feel drained of energy. Derivatives enervation noun Origin C17 (earlier (ME) as enervation): from L. enervat , enervare weaken (by extraction of the sinews) …

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  • 22enervate — v. a. Unnerve, weaken, enfeeble, effeminate, effeminize, emasculate, debilitate, paralyze, break, deprive of force or strength, render feeble …

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  • 23enervate — verb the hot weather enervated her Syn: exhaust, tire, fatigue, weary, wear out, devitalize, drain, sap, weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, incapacitate, prostrate; informal knock out, do in, shatter Ant: invigorate …

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  • 24enervate — v 1. weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, devitalize, deprive of strength; exhaust, deplete, sap, impoverish; tire, strain, fatigue, Inf. take it out of [s.o.]; demoralize, defeat, Inf. take the starch out of, break, shatter; unbrace, unnerve, unman,… …

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  • 25enervate — en•er•vate v. [[t]ˈɛn ərˌveɪt[/t]] adj. [[t]ɪˈnɜr vɪt[/t]] v. vat•ed, vat•ing, adj. 1) to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken 2) lacking strength or vitality; enervated • Etymology: 1595–1605; < L ēnervātus, ptp. of… …

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  • 26enervate — /ˈɛnəveɪt / (say enuhvayt) verb (t) (enervated, enervating) 1. to deprive of nerve, force, or strength; destroy the vigour of; weaken. –adjective 2. enervated. {Latin ēnervātus, past participle} –enervation /ɛnəˈveɪʃən/ (say enuh vayshuhn), noun… …

  • 27enervate —   v.t. weaken.    ♦ enervation,    ♦ enervator, n.    ♦ enervative, a …

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  • 28enervate — v. & adj. v.tr. deprive of vigour or vitality. adj. enervated. Derivatives: enervation n. Etymology: L enervatus past part. of enervare (as E , nervus sinew) …

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  • 29venerate — enervate …

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  • 30Enervated — Enervate E*ner vate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enervated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enervating}.] [L. enervatus, p. p. of enervare, fr. enervis nerveless, weak; e out + nervus nerve. See {Nerve}.] To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to render… …

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