enervate
pronunciation
How to pronounce enervate in British English:
UK [ˈenəveɪt]
How to pronounce enervate in American English:
US [ˈenərveɪt]
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- Verb:
- weaken mentally or morally
- disturb the composure of
Word Origin
- enervate (v.)
- c. 1600, "deprive of force or strength," from Latin enervatus, past participle of enervare "to weaken" (see enervation). Literal sense of "to weaken, impair" in English is from 1610s. Related: Ennervated; ennervating. As a verb Middle English had enerve (c. 1400, eneruyd).
Example
- 1. Sb can enhance your performance as easily as sb could enervate it .
- 2. A hot climate enervate people who be not used to it .
- 3. Bessie was the kind of girl that could enhance your performance as easily as she could enervate it .
- 4. Enervate refers to weakening or destruction of vitality or strength : enervate .
- 5. Oh frenchmen ! Oh my countrymen ! Let not your enemies , with their desolating doctrines , degrade your souls , and enervate your virtues !