In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
ENERVATING
debilitative, enervating, enfeebling, weakening
(adjective) causing debilitation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
enervating
present participle of enervate
Adjective
enervating (comparative more enervating, superlative most enervating)
That enervates.
Anagrams
• venerating
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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