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enervate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /iːˈnɜːɹveɪt/ (obsolete)
  • /ˈɛn.ə(ɹ).vət/ (UK)

Etymology

From Latin ēnervātus, past participle of ēnervō (“to weaken”).

Meanings

  1. Made feeble; weakened.

Forms

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most enervate Degree=Sup lexicographic
more enervate Degree=Cmp lexicographic

enervate en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌɛn.ə(ɹ)ˈveɪt/ (UK)
  • /iːˈnɜːɹveɪt/ (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin ēnervātus, past participle of ēnervō (“to weaken”).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To reduce strength or energy; debilitate.
    • After being laid off three times in a row, she felt too enervated to look for another job.
  2. (transitive) To weaken morally or mentally.
  3. (uncommon) To partially or completely remove a nerve.

Forms

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enervates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
enervating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
enervated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
enervated Tense=Past lexicographic

Antonyms

bolster (antonym(s) of “reduce morally, mentally”) · revive (antonym(s) of “reduce strength”) · strengthen (antonym(s) of “reduce strength”)

Deriveds

enervator

Relateds

nerve

Synonyms

enfeeble (reduce strength) · debilitate (reduce strength) · deinnervate · denervate · weaken (reduce strength)

Translations (20)

bg омаломощавам (to reduce strength or energy) · cs zeslabit (to reduce strength or energy) · mi whakaruhi (to reduce strength or energy) · de schwächen (to reduce strength or energy) · fr affaiblir (to reduce strength or energy) · km ធ្វើឲ្យអស់កម្លាំង (to reduce strength or energy) · ru обесси́ливать (to reduce strength or energy) · da svække (to reduce strength or energy) · bg обезсилвам (to reduce strength or energy) · ru обесси́лить (to reduce strength or energy) · cs vyčerpat (to reduce strength or energy) · nl verzwakken (to reduce strength or energy) · pt debilitar (to reduce strength or energy) · es enervar (to reduce strength or energy) · es enervar (to weaken morally or mentally) · cs zeslabit (to weaken morally or mentally) · el αποχαυνώνω (to reduce strength or energy) · fi heikentää (to reduce strength or energy) · pt enfraquecer (to reduce strength or energy) · sv försvaga (to reduce strength or energy)