Enervate Definition

ĕnər-vāt

enervated, enervates, enervating

verb

enervated, enervates, enervating

To deprive of strength, force, vigor, etc.; weaken physically, mentally, or morally; devitalize; debilitate.

Webster's New World

To remove a nerve or part of a nerve.

American Heritage

To remove a nerve or part of a nerve.

American Heritage Medicine

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adjective

Deprived of strength; debilitated.

American Heritage Medicine

Enervated; weakened.

Webster's New World

Origin of Enervate

Latin ēnervāre ēnervāt- ē-, ex- ex- nervus sinew (s)neəu- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin enervatus, past participle of enervare (to weaken)

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