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enerving

enerving is the present participle and gerund of enerve.

Meaning of enerve

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

Questions about enerving

What is enerving the present participle and gerund of?
Enerving is the present participle and gerund of enerve.

Words near enerving in the dictionary

  1. enervator
  2. enervators
  3. enerve
  4. enerved
  5. enerves
  6. enerving
  7. enervous
  8. enestebol
  9. Enets
  10. enevitable
  11. enew

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