enervate
verbExpertELO 1,700SATGRECAT
DEFINITION
weaken mentally or morally
SYNONYMS
ANTONYMS
IN LITERATURE
“In the soft lap of refinement we have suffered the energetic powers to become enervate which those ages called into action and rendered indispensable.”
— Friedrich Schiller, The Works of Frederick Schiller
IN USE
“They are likely to "enervate" rather than "energize", according to Serge Hovnanian's model.”
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