Enervate — Defs

01 v. t. To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to render feeble or impotent; to make effeminate; to impair the moral powers of.

imp. & p. p. Enervated; p. pr. & vb. n. Enervating

1.
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.

02 a. Weakened; weak; without strength of force.