Tuesday word: Enervate

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Tuesday, Jul. 16, 2024

Enervate (verb, adjective)
en·er·vate [v. en-er-veyt; adj. ih-nur-vit]

verb (used with object)
1. to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken.

adjective
2. enervated.

Other Words From
en er·va tion noun
en er·va tive adjective
en er·va tor noun
non·en er·vat ing adjective

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Synonyms
1. enfeeble, debilitate, sap, exhaust.

Can be confused: energize, innervate, invigorate.

Origin: First recorded in 1595–1605; from Latin enervatus “weakened” (past participle of enervare “to weaken”), equivalent to e- “from, out of” + nerv(us) “sinew” + -atus adjective suffix; e- , nerve, -ate ; compare Anglo-French enervir, French énerver

Example Sentences
This was the beginning of the fatal practice destined in the end to enervate France and demoralize the army.
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Then as they are almost all fighting men (tata toa) they are restricted that they may not weaken or enervate themselves.
From Project Gutenberg

What is the use of wondrous gifts of language, if they are employed to enervate, p. 19and not to ennoble, their hearers?
From Project Gutenberg

To enervate, irritate, or corrupt the body is to produce a like effect upon the mind.
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They are full of weaknesses and pains that wear out life and enervate all their mental and spiritual powers.
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