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enerve

/ɪˈnɜː(ɹ)v/

enerve verb: to weaken or enervate.

Verb

enerve (third-person singular simple present enerves, present participle enerving, simple past and past participle enerved)

  1. (obsolete) To weaken or enervate.
    • Such object hath the power to soften and tame
      Severest temper, smooth the rugged'st brow ,
      Enerve, and with voluptuous hope dissolve1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 2

enerve meaning in Bengali

enerve in Bengali

দুর্বল করা

Forms of enerve

third-person singular presentenerves
present participleenerving
past participleenerved
pastenerved

Origin of enerve

Compare French énerver. See enervate.

Questions about enerve

What does enerve mean?
Enerve means to weaken or enervate.
What is enerve in Bengali?
Enerve in Bengali is দুর্বল করা. See Enerve meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is enerve?
Enerve is a verb.
How do you pronounce enerve?
Enerve is pronounced /ɪˈnɜː(ɹ)v/.
What is the past tense of enerve?
The past tense of enerve is enerved.

Words near enerve in the dictionary

  1. enervation
  2. enervations
  3. enervative
  4. enervator
  5. enervators
  6. enerve
  7. enerved
  8. enerves
  9. enerving
  10. enervous
  11. enestebol

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Adapted from Wiktionary: enerve (page history and authors); enerve (Bengali 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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