evertuate

Verb

evertuate (third-person singular simple present evertuates, present participle evertuating, simple past and past participle evertuated)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To sap the strength of.
   • For besides that the Senate had been now long over-awed, and corrupted many wayes by the acts of the Court; we know the Tributa Comitia are also totally depraved, and evirtuated by being called out of the field into the palace […]1644, Henry Parker, Jus Populi, London: Robert Bostock, page 63
   • Delilahs, that by the Chimistry of look and lap, evirtuate Sampsons love and strength1653, Edward Waterhouse, “A Meditation of Magnanimity under Crosses”, in Two Brief Meditations, London: Thomas Maxey, page 43

   Synonyms:

   enervate, weaken

2. (intransitive, obsolete, reflexive) To strive (to do something, towards something).
   • Moreover, one should evertuate himselfe to bring something home, that may accrue to the publique benefit and advantage of his Countrey, and not to draw water to his own Mill only;1642, James Howell, Instructions for Forreine Travell, London: Humphrey Mosley, Section 16, p.
   • The difficultie of kindling on both sides this uniting and evertuating ardour proceeds principally from three causes […]1647, Roger Corbet, Articles of Impeachment, Agreed upon by the Army under Command of His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, London: George Whiting, p. 2