ener'vation
World English Dictionary
| enervate | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to deprive of strength or vitality; weaken physically or mentally; debilitate |
| —adj | |
| 2. | deprived of strength or vitality; weakened |
| [C17: from Latin ēnervāre to remove the nerves from, from nervus nerve, sinew] | |
| ener'vation | |
| —n | |
| 'enervative | |
| —adj | |
| 'enervator | |
| —n | |
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