enervate

From Latin ēnervātus, past participle of ēnervō (“to weaken”).

• (UK) (verb): IPA^(key): /ˌɛn.ə(ɹ)ˈveɪt/

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• (UK) (adjective): IPA^(key): /ˈɛn.ə(ɹ).vət/

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• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /iːˈnɜːɹveɪt/^[1]

enervate (third-person singular simple present enervates, present participle enervating, simple past and past participle enervated)

1. (transitive) To reduce strength or energy; debilitate.

   After being laid off three times in a row, she felt too enervated to look for another job.

2. (transitive) To weaken morally or mentally.
3. (medicine, uncommon) To partially or completely remove a nerve.

   Synonyms: denervate, deinnervate

For quotations using this term, see Citations:enervate.

• (reduce strength): debilitate, weaken

• (antonym(s) of “reduce strength”): strengthen, revive
• (antonym(s) of “reduce morally, mentally”): bolster

• nerve

enervate (comparative more enervate, superlative most enervate)

1. Made feeble; weakened.

• venerate

ēnervāte

1. vocative masculine singular of ēnervātus

enervate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of enervar combined with te