Meaning of ENERVATE
| Pronunciation: | | [adj]i'nurvit, [v]'enur`veyt, 'enur`veyt
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- [v] weaken mentally or morally
- [v] disturb the composure of
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| | Synonyms: | | faze, unnerve, unsettle |
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| | See Also: | | discomfit, discompose, disconcert, unman, untune, upset, weaken | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\E*ner"vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enervated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Enervating}.] [L. enervatus, p. p. of enervare, fr.
enervis nerveless, weak; e out + nervus nerve. See {Nerve}.]
To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to render
feeble or impotent; to make effeminate; to impair the moral
powers of.
A man . . . enervated by licentiousness. --Macaulay.
And rhyme began t' enervate poetry. --Dryden.
Syn: To weaken; enfeeble; unnerve; debilitate.
\E*ner"vate\, a. [L. enervatus, p. p.]
Weakened; weak; without strength of force. --Pope.
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