enervate

Etymology

From Latin ēnervātus, past participle of ēnervō (“to weaken”).

verb

  1. (transitive) To reduce strength or energy; debilitate.
    After being laid off three times in a row, she felt too enervated to look for another job.
  2. (transitive) To weaken morally or mentally.
  3. (medicine) To partially or completely remove a nerve.

adj

  1. Made feeble; weakened.

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