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enervate
verb
- tr to deprive of strength or vitality; weaken physically or mentally; debilitate
adjective
- deprived of strength or vitality; weakened
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Derived Forms
- ˈenerˌvator, noun
- ˈenerˌvative, adjective
- ˌenerˈvation, noun
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Other Words From
- ener·vation noun
- ener·vative adjective
- ener·vator noun
- non·ener·vating adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of enervate1
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Example Sentences
This was the beginning of the fatal practice destined in the end to enervate France and demoralize the army.
Then as they are almost all fighting men (tata toa) they are restricted that they may not weaken or enervate themselves.
What is the use of wondrous gifts of language, if they are employed to enervate, p. 19and not to ennoble, their hearers?
To enervate, irritate, or corrupt the body is to produce a like effect upon the mind.
They are full of weaknesses and pains that wear out life and enervate all their mental and spiritual powers.
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