Definitions for: Enervate


[v] weaken mentally or morally
[v] disturb the composure of



Webster (1913) Definition: E*ner"vate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enervated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Enervating.] [L. enervatus, p. p. of enervare, fr.
enervis nerveless, weak; e out + nervus nerve. See Nerve.]
To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to render
feeble or impotent; to make effeminate; to impair the moral
powers of.

A man . . . enervated by licentiousness. --Macaulay.

And rhyme began t' enervate poetry. --Dryden.

Syn: To weaken; enfeeble; unnerve; debilitate.


E*ner"vate, a. [L. enervatus, p. p.]
Weakened; weak; without strength of force. --Pope.

Synonyms: faze, unnerve, unsettle

See Also: discomfit, discompose, disconcert, unman, untune, upset, weaken

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