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Webster 1913 Edition
Enervate
E-ner′vate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Enervated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Enervating
.] To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to render feeble or impotent; to make effeminate; to impair the moral powers of.
A man . . .
enervated
by licentiousness. Macaulay.
Syn. – To weaken; enfeeble; unnerve; debilitate.
E-ner′vate
,Adj.
[L.
enervatus
, p. p.] Weakened; weak; without strength of force.
Pope.
Webster 1828 Edition
Enervate
ENERV'ATE
,Adj.
1.
To deprive of nerve, force or strength; to weaken; to render feeble. Idleness and voluptuous indulgences enervate the body. Vices and luxury enervate the strength of state.2.
To cut the nerves; as, to enervate a horse.Definition 2024
enervate
enervate
English
Verb
enervate (third-person singular simple present enervates, present participle enervating, simple past and past participle enervated)
- (transitive) To reduce strength or energy; debilitate.
- (transitive) To weaken morally or mentally.
- (medicine) To partially or completely remove a nerve.
Quotations
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Translations
to reduce strength or energy; debilitate
Synonyms
- (reduce strength): debilitate, weaken
Antonyms
- (reduce strength): strengthen, revive
- (reduce morally, mentally): bolster
Adjective
enervate (comparative more enervate, superlative most enervate)