enervate

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) (verb): IPA^(key): /ˌɛn.ə(ɹ)ˈveɪt/

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• (UK) (adjective): IPA^(key): /ˈɛn.ə(ɹ).vət/

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Verb

enervate (third-person singular simple present enervates, present participle enervating, simple past and past participle enervated)

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. (medicine, uncommon) To partially or completely remove a nerve.

   Synonyms: denervate, deinnervate

Quotations

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Synonyms

• (reduce strength): debilitate, weaken

Antonyms

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

Related terms

• nerve

Translations

to reduce strength or energy; debilitate

• Bulgarian: обезсилвам (bg) (obezsilvam), омаломощавам (bg) (omalomoštavam)
• Danish: svække (da)
• Dutch: verzwakken (nl)
• Finnish: heikentää (fi)
• French: affaiblir (fr)
• German: schwächen (de)
• Greek: αποχαυνώνω (el) (apochavnóno)
• Khmer: ធ្វើឲ្យអស់កម្លាំង (tvəə aoy ɑh kam leang)
• Maori: whakaruhi
• Portuguese: debilitar (pt), enfraquecer (pt)
• Russian: обесси́ливать (ru) impf (obessílivatʹ), обесси́лить (ru) pf (obessílitʹ)
• Spanish: debilitar (es), enervar (es)
• Swedish: försvaga (sv)

Adjective

enervate (comparative more enervate, superlative most enervate)

1. Made feeble; weakened.

Anagrams

• venerate

Latin

Participle

ēnervāte

1. vocative masculine singular of ēnervātus

Spanish

Verb

enervate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of enervar combined with te