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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. [ 1913 Webster ]

And rhyme began t' enervate poetry. Dryden.

Syn. -- To weaken; enfeeble; unnerve; debilitate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. enervatus, p. p. ] Weakened; weak; without strength of force. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. lacking strength or vigor.
Syn. -- adynamic, asthenic, debilitated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ See Innerve. ] (Anat.) To supply with nerves; as, the heart is innervated by pneumogastric and sympathetic branches. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Nerved. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ NL. trinervatus; pref. tri- + L. nervus nerve. ] (Bot.) Having three ribs or nerves extending unbranched from the base to the apex; -- said of a leaf. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]