enervate

enervate

deprive of vitality; weaken: Constant worry will enervate you.

Not to be confused with:

energize – give energy to; to put out energy: A brisk walk in the cold air will energize you.

invigorate – give vigor, vitality, or strength: Weight-lifting will invigorate you.

en·er·vate

 (ĕn′ər-vāt′)

tr.v. en·er·vat·ed, en·er·vat·ing, en·er·vates

1. To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of: "the luxury which enervates and destroys nations" (Henry David Thoreau).

2. Medicine To remove a nerve or part of a nerve.

adj. (ĭ-nûr′vĭt)

Deprived of strength; debilitated.

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[Latin ēnervāre, ēnervāt- : ē-, ex-, ex- + nervus, sinew; see (s)neəu- in Indo-European roots.]

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en′er·va′tion n.

en′er·va′tive adj.

en′er·va′tor n.

Usage Note: Sometimes people mistakenly use enervate to mean "to invigorate" or "to excite" by assuming that this word is a close cousin of the verb energize. In fact enervate does not come from the same source as energize (Greek energos, "active"). It comes from Latin nervus, "sinew." Thus enervate means "to cause to become 'out of muscle' ," that is, "to weaken or deplete of strength."

enervate

vb

(tr) to deprive of strength or vitality; weaken physically or mentally; debilitate

adj

deprived of strength or vitality; weakened

[C17: from Latin ēnervāre to remove the nerves from, from nervus nerve, sinew]

ˌenerˈvation n

ˈenerˌvative adj

ˈenerˌvator n

en•er•vate

(v. ˈɛn ərˌveɪt; adj. ɪˈnɜr vɪt)

v. -vat•ed, -vat•ing,
adj. v.t.

1. to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken.

adj.

2. lacking strength or vitality; enervated.

[1595–1605; < Latin ēnervātus, past participle of ēnervāre=ē- e- + -nervāre, derivative of nervus sinew (see nerve)]

en`er•va′tion, n.

en′er•va`tive, adj.

en′er•va`tor, n.

innervate, enervate - Innervate means "to stimulate or give nervous energy," the opposite of enervate.

See also related terms for stimulate.

enervate

Past participle: enervated
Gerund: enervating

Imperative

enervate

enervate

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	enervate - weaken mentally or morally weaken - lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body"
	2.	enervate - disturb the composure of     faze, unnerve, unsettle unman - cause to lose one's nerve; "an unmanning experience" discomfit, discompose, untune, upset, disconcert - cause to lose one's composure

enervate

verb

To lessen or deplete the nerve, energy, or strength of:

attenuate, debilitate, devitalize, enfeeble, sap, undermine, undo, unnerve, weaken.

Translations

enervieren

abattreaffaiblirdénerver

enervate

[ˈenɜːveɪt] VT → enervar, debilitar

enervate

vt (physically) → entkräften, schwächen; (mentally) → entnerven, enervieren (geh)

enervate

[ˈɛnəˌveɪt] vt → snervare

enervate

vt. extirpar un nervio;

debilitar, enervar.