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View usage for: enervate in British Englishverb (ˈɛnəˌveɪt)1. (transitive) to deprive of strength or vitality; weaken physically or mentally; debilitate adjective (ɪˈnɜːvɪt)2. deprived of strength or vitality; weakened Derived forms enervation (ˌenerˈvation) noun enervative (ˈenerˌvative) adjective enervator (ˈenerˌvator) noun Word origin C17: from Latin ēnervāre to remove the nerves from, from nervus nerve, sinew enervate in American English (ˈɛnərˌveɪt; for adj. iˈnɜrvɪt; iˈnɜrˌveɪt) verb transitiveWord forms: ˈenerˌvated or ˈenerˌvating1. to deprive of strength, force, vigor, etc.; weaken physically, mentally, or morally; devitalize; debilitate SIMILAR WORDS: unˈnerve, ˈweaken Derived forms enervation (ˌenerˈvation) noun enervator (ˈenerˌvator) noun Word origin < L enervatus, pp. of enervare < enervis, nerveless, weak < e-, out + nervus, nerve Synonyms of 'enervate'weaken, tire, exhaust, fatigue More Synonyms of enervate Definition to deprive of strength or vitality Synonyms paralyse wear out unnerve wash out enfeeble devitalize Additional synonymsDefinition to make gradually weaker Fear threatened to debilitate me. Synonyms weaken, exhaust, wear out, sap, incapacitate, prostrate, enfeeble, enervate, devitalizeSynonyms weaken, reduce, undermine, exhaust, cripple, sap, debilitate, disempower, enfeeble, enervateDefinition to tire out The effort of speaking had exhausted him. Synonyms tire out, tire, fatigue, drain, weaken, weary, sap, wear out, debilitate, prostrate, enfeeble, make tired, enervate- energetic
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