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verb (used with object)
1.
to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken.
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Enervation
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Origin:
1595–1605; < Latin ēnervātus weakened (past participle of ēnervāre) equivalent to ē- e- + nerv(us) sinew (see nerve) + -ātus -ate1; compare Anglo-French enervir, French énerver
1595–1605; < Latin ēnervātus weakened (past participle of ēnervāre) equivalent to ē- e- + nerv(us) sinew (see nerve) + -ātus -ate1; compare Anglo-French enervir, French énerver
Related forms
en·er·va·tion, noun
en·er·va·tive, adjective
en·er·va·tor, noun
non·en·er·vat·ing, adjective
Synonyms
1. enfeeble, debilitate, sap, exhaust.
1. enfeeble, debilitate, sap, exhaust.
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| 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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Word Origin & History
enervation
early 15c., from M.Fr. énervation, from L.L. enervationem, from L. enervare "weaken," lit. "cut the sinews of," from ex- "out" + nervus "sinew." Figurative sense is from 1550s.
EXPANDenervate
c.1600, from L. enervat-, pp. stem of enervare (see enervation). Related: Ennervated; ennervating.
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Medical Dictionary
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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