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Webster 1913 Edition

Enervate

E-ner′vate

,
Verb.
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.
A man . . .
enervated
by licentiousness.
Macaulay.
Syn. – To weaken; enfeeble; unnerve; debilitate.

E-ner′vate

,
Adj.
[L.
enervatus
, p. p.]
Weakened; weak; without strength of force.
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition

Enervate

ENERV'ATE

,
Adj.
[infra.] Weakened; weak; without strength or force.
1.
To deprive of nerve, force or strength; to weaken; to render feeble. Idleness and voluptuous indulgences enervate the body. Vices and luxury enervate the strength of state.
2.
To cut the nerves; as, to enervate a horse.

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