en·er·vate
Audio Help [v. en-er-veyt; adj. i-nur-vit] Pronunciation Key verb, -vat·ed, -vat·ing, adjective
Audio Help [v. en-er-veyt; adj. i-nur-vit] Pronunciation Key verb, -vat·ed, -vat·ing, adjective –verb (used with object)
–adjective
| 1. | to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken. |
| 2. | enervated. |
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Enervate
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| en·er·vate
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tr.v. en·er·vat·ed, en·er·vat·ing, en·er·vates
adj. (ĭ-nûr'vĭt) Deprived of strength; debilitated. [Latin ēnervāre, ēnervāt- : ē-, ex-, ex- + nervus, sinew; see (s)neəu- in Indo-European roots.] en'er·va'tion n., en'er·va'tive adj., en'er·va'tor n. Usage Note: Sometimes people mistakenly use enervate to mean "to invigorate" or "to excite" by assuming that this word is a close cousin of the verb energize. In fact enervate does not come from the same source as energize (Greek energos, "active"). It comes from Latin nervus, "sinew." Thus enervate means "to cause to become 'out of muscle'," that is, "to weaken or deplete of strength." |
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| enervate | |
verb | |
| 1. | weaken mentally or morally |
| 2. | disturb the composure of [syn: faze] |
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enervate en·er·vate (ěn'ər-vāt')
v. en·er·vat·ed, en·er·vat·ing, en·er·vates
- To remove a nerve or nerve part.
- To cause weakness or a reduction of strength.
en'er·va'tion n.
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Main Entry: en·er·vate
Pronunciation: 'en-&r-"vAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -vat·ed; -vat·ing
1 obsolete : to cut the nerves or tendons of
2 : to lessen the vitality or strength of
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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 feeble or impotent; to make effeminate; to impair the moral powers of. A man . . . enervated by licentiousness. --Macaulay. And rhyme began t' enervate poetry. --Dryden. Syn: To weaken; enfeeble; unnerve; debilitate.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Enervate
E*ner"vate\, a. [L. enervatus, p. p.] Weakened; weak; without strength of force. --Pope.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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