enervate in English

verb

1

cause (someone) to feel drained of energy or vitality; weaken.

The knowledge of a shared destiny energizes and sustains many of us, enervates and defeats others.

synonyms: exhaust, tire, fatigue, weary, wear out, devitalize, drain, sap, weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, incapacitate, prostrate, knock out, do in, shatter

adjective

1

lacking in energy or vitality.

the enervate slightness of his frail form

verb

• exhaust, tire, fatigue, weary, wear out, devitalize, drain, sap, weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, incapacitate, prostrate, knock out, do in, shatter
• faze, unnerve, unsettle

Use "enervate" in a sentence

1. To sap the strength or energy of; enervate.

2. Soft living will enervate the leaders, and those under their command will be changed into beasts.

3. Bessie was the kind of girl that could enhance your performance as easily as she could enervate it.

4. Frenchmen, O my countrymen, Let not your enemies, with their desolating doctrines, degrade your souls, and enervate your virtues!

5. O Frenchmen, O my countrymen, Let not your enemies, with their desolating doctrines, degrade your souls, and enervate your virtues!

6. The film conveys quite an inspirational message: Avarices will ultimately enervate our souls and bring an egregious life to the one(s) who seek those Avarices.

7. Frenchmen ! O my countrymen! Let not your enemies, with their desolating doctrines, degrade your souls, and enervate your virtues! No, Chaumette, no!