enervate

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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

Quotations

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Synonyms

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Antonyms

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Translations

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Adjective

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enervate (comparative more enervate, superlative most enervate)

  1. Made feeble; weakened.

Anagrams

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Latin

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Participle

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ēnervāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of ēnervātus

Spanish

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Verb

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enervate

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