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enervating Definition


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enervate
verb enervated, enervating
    1. To take energy or strength from someone or something.
      Thesaurus: tire, exhaust, fatigue, wear out, weaken, enfeeble, sap, debilitate, incapacitate, paralyse, prostrate, deplete; Antonym: vitalize, activate, energize.
Derivative: enervating
adj
    Derivative: enervation
    noun
      Etymology: 17c: from Latin enervare, enervatum to weaken, from e out of + nervus a nerve.



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