enervate
/ˌɛn.ə(ɹ)ˈveɪt/
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obsolete/iːˈnɜːɹveɪt/
enervate verb: to reduce strength or energy; debilitate.
Verb
enervate (third-person singular simple present enervates, present participle enervating, simple past and past participle enervated)
- To reduce strength or energy; debilitate.
- After being laid off three times in a row, she felt too enervated to look for another job.
- Synonyms:
- debilitate, weaken, enfeeble
- To weaken morally or mentally.
- To partially or completely remove a nerve.
- Synonyms:
- denervate, deinnervate
Adjective
enervate (comparative more enervate, superlative most enervate)
- Made feeble; weakened.
enervate meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
enervate in Tamil
- குதிங்கால்தறிக்க, கையாணிகழல, தளர்ச்சியுறு, பலவீனம் அடை
enervate in Bengali
- দুর্বল, নিস্তেজ করে ফেলা, জীবনীশক্তি কমিয়ে দেওয়া
enervate in Malayalam
- tire, exhaust, fatigue
- ശക്തിയില്ലാതാക്കുക, ക്ഷീണിപ്പിക്കുക, ശക്തി ക്ഷയിപ്പിക്കുക, വശകേടാക്കുക, പരവശപ്പെടുത്തുക, തളർത്തുക
enervate in Kannada
- ಸೊಪ್ಪು, ಅಳವು ಕುಂದಿಸು
Synonyms of enervate
Antonyms
Forms of enervate
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | enervates |
| present participle | enervating |
| past participle | enervated |
| past | enervated |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more enervate |
| superlative | most enervate |
Origin of enervate
From Latin ēnervātus, past participle of ēnervō (“to weaken”).
Words formed from enervate
Questions about enervate
- What does enervate mean?
- Enervate means to reduce strength or energy; debilitate.
- What is enervate in Tamil?
- Enervate in Tamil is குதிங்கால்தறிக்க, கையாணிகழல, தளர்ச்சியுறு. See Enervate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is enervate?
- Enervate can be a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce enervate?
- Enervate is pronounced /ˌɛn.ə(ɹ)ˈveɪt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of enervate?
- The past tense of enervate is enervated.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: enervate (page history and authors); enervate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enervate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enervate (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); enervate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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