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▪ I. † enerve, a. Obs. rare—1.
[? ad. L. ēnerv-is nerveless; but the sense is obscure.]
a1521Prol. to Helyas in Thoms E.E. Prose Romances III. 16 Wythout hygh style and enerve industry, I have al onely folowed mine auctour as nyghe as I coulde.
▪ II. † eˈnerve, v. Obs.
[ad. Fr. énerver, ad. L. ēnervāre: see enervate v.]
= enervate v. in various senses. Hence eˈnerved, eˈnerving ppl. adjs.
1613Zouch Dove 28 Like feeble Miloes armes eneru'd, and dead. 1644Hammond Loyal Convert 19 [Their] effeminacies have enerv'd the strength of their declining Kingdoms. a1648Digby Lett. conc. Relig. ii. (1651) 18 A fore⁓laid designe to enerve their authority. 1649G. Daniel Trinarch., Hen. IV, ccvi, Unsteddy doctrines, which attend Ennerved minds. c1680Earl of Dorset Antiq. Coquet (R.), Age has enerv'd her charms. 1727Arbuthnot Coins Ded., Riot..Enerv'd those Arms, that snatch'd the Spoil before. 1795–9R. Lovell & Southey Poems 109 Beware Luxury's enerving snare. 1828in Webster. 1847in Craig; and in mod. Dicts. |