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enervate

verb
/ˌɛn.ə(ɹ)ˈveɪt//ˈɛn.ə(ɹ).vət/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from ēnervātus

Definitions

  1. To reduce strength or energy

    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. To weaken morally or mentally.

  3. To partially or completely remove a nerve.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Made feeble

      Made feeble; weakened.

The neighborhood

  • antonymstrengthenantonym(s) of “reduce strength”
  • antonymreviveantonym(s) of “reduce strength”
  • antonymbolsterantonym(s) of “reduce morally, mentally”
  • neighbornerve

Derived

enervator

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA