ENERVATED

adynamic, asthenic, debilitated, enervated

(adjective) lacking energy or vitality

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

enervated (comparative more enervated, superlative most enervated)

Weakened, debilitated or deprived of strength or vitality.

Verb

enervated

simple past tense and past participle of enervate

Anagrams

• denervate, venerated

Source: Wiktionary


ENERVATE

E*ner"vate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enervated; p. pr. & vb. n. Enervating.] Etym: [L. enervatus, p. p. of enervare, fr. enervis nerveless, weak; e out + nervus nerve. See Nerve.]

Definition: To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to render feeble or impotent; to make effeminate; to impair the moral powers of. A man . . . enervated by licentiousness. Macaulay. And rhyme began t' enervate poetry. Dryden.

Syn.

– To weaken; enfeeble; unnerve; debilitate.

E*ner"vate, a. Etym: [L. enervatus, p. p.]

Definition: Weakened; weak; without strength of force. Pope.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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