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ENERVATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Weaken mentally or morally

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "enervate" is one way to...):

weaken (lessen the strength of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

enervation (lack of vitality)

enervation (serious weakening and loss of energy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Disturb the composure of

Synonyms:

enervate; faze; unnerve; unsettle

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "enervate" is one way to...):

discomfit; discompose; disconcert; untune; upset (cause to lose one's composure)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "enervate"):

unman (cause to lose one's nerve)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

The bad news will enervate him

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