enervate

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

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Translations

Adjective

enervate (comparative more enervate, superlative most enervate)

  1. Made feeble; weakened.

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

ēnervāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of ēnervātus

Spanish

Verb

enervate

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