enervate
verb /ˈenəveɪt/
/ˈenərveɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they enervate | /ˈenəveɪt/ /ˈenərveɪt/ |
| he / she / it enervates | /ˈenəveɪts/ /ˈenərveɪts/ |
| past simple enervated | /ˈenəveɪtɪd/ /ˈenərveɪtɪd/ |
| past participle enervated | /ˈenəveɪtɪd/ /ˈenərveɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form enervating | /ˈenəveɪtɪŋ/ /ˈenərveɪtɪŋ/ |
- enervate somebody to make somebody feel weak and tired
- an enervating disease/climate
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin enervat- ‘weakened (by extraction of the sinews)’, from the verb enervare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + nervus ‘sinew’.