enervate

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

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

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

1. (transitive) To reduce strength or energy; debilitate.
2. (transitive) To weaken morally or mentally.
3. (medicine) To partially or completely remove a nerve.

Sentence

After being “laid off” three times in a row, she felt too enervated to look for another job.

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:enervate.

• (reduce strength): debilitate, weaken

• (reduce strength): strengthen, revive
• (reduce morally, mentally): bolster

enervate (comparative more enervate, superlative most enervate)

1. Made feeble; weakened.

• venerate

ēnervāte

1. vocative masculine singular of ēnervātus