English-Thai Dictionary

enervate

VT ทำให้ ร่างกาย อ่อนแอ  ทำให้ จิตใจ อ่อนแอ  enfeeble exhaust weaken tam-hai-rang-kai-on-ae

 

enervated

ADJ ซึ่ง อ่อนกำลัง  ซึ่ง อ่อนแอ  exhausted worn-out sueng-on-kam-lang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ENERVATE

a.[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.

 

ENERVATED

pp. Weakened; enfeebled; emasculated.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ENERVATE

E *ner "vate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enervated; p. pr. & vb. n.Enervating. ] Etym: [L. enervatus, p. p. of enervare, fr. enervis nerveless, weak; e out + nervus nerve. See Nerve. ]

 

Defn: 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. And rhyme began t' enervate poetry. Dryden.

 

Syn. -- To weaken; enfeeble; unnerve; debilitate.

 

ENERVATE

E *ner "vate, a. Etym: [L. enervatus, p. p.]

 

Defn: Weakened; weak; without strength of force. Pope.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

enervate

en er vate ▶verb |ˈenərˌvāt ˈɛnərˌveɪt | [ with obj. ] cause (someone ) to feel drained of energy or vitality; weaken. ▶adjective |ˈenərvit ˈɛnəːvət | literary lacking in energy or vitality: the enervate slightness of his frail form. DERIVATIVES en er va tor |-ˌvātər |noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin enervat- ‘weakened (by extraction of the sinews ),’ from the verb enervare, from e- (variant of ex- )‘out of ’ + nervus ‘sinew. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

enervate

ener |vate ▶verb |ˈɛnəveɪt | [ with obj. ] (often as adj. enervated or enervating ) make (someone ) feel drained of energy or vitality: enervating heat. ▶adjective |ɪˈnəːvət | literary lacking in energy or vitality: the enervate slightness of his frail form. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin enervat- ‘weakened (by extraction of the sinews )’, from the verb enervare, from e- (variant of ex- ) ‘out of ’ + nervus ‘sinew ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

enervate

enervate verb the hot weather enervated her: exhaust, tire, fatigue, weary, wear out, devitalize, drain, sap, weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, incapacitate, prostrate; informal knock out, do in, shatter. ANTONYMS invigorate.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

enervate

enervate verb the scorching sun enervated her: exhaust, tire, fatigue, weary, wear out, devitalize, drain, sap, weaken, make weak, make feeble, enfeeble, debilitate, incapacitate, indispose, prostrate, immobilize, lay low, put out of action; informal knock out, do in, take it out of one, shatter, poop, frazzle, wear to a frazzle, fag out; Brit. informal knacker; rare torpefy. ANTONYMS invigorate.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

enervate

en er vate /énə r vèɪt /→nerve 動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠〈気候 病気などが 〉〈人 〉から気力を奪う ; 〈怠惰 ぜいたくなどが 〉〈人 〉の力を弱める (debilitate ).

 

enervated

é n er v à t ed /-ɪd /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠衰弱した, 気力のない .