Enervating

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Enervate \E*ner"vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enervated}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Enervating}.] [L. enervatus, p. p. of enervare, fr.
     enervis nerveless, weak; e out + nervus nerve. See {Nerve}.]
     To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to render
     feeble or impotent; to make effeminate; to impair the moral
     powers of.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           A man . . . enervated by licentiousness. --Macaulay.
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           And rhyme began t' enervate poetry.      --Dryden.
  
     Syn: To weaken; enfeeble; unnerve; debilitate.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  enervating \enervating\ adj.
     causing the loss of strength or vigor.
  
     Syn: debilitative, enfeebling, weakening.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  enervating
       adj : causing debilitation [syn: {debilitative}, {enfeebling}, {weakening}]