Meaning & use
Enervates
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Weakens or drains of energy, vitality, or strength; the third-person singular present of 'enervate.'
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The relentless heat enervates even the most energetic hikers by midday.
Prolonged stress enervates the body's ability to fight off illness.
A note on using this word
Despite sounding like it should mean 'to energize,' enervate means the opposite — to drain energy — from the Latin root nervus, 'sinew,' with the prefix e- meaning 'out of.'
Words with a similar meaning
weakensexhaustssaps
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Words with an opposite meaning
energizesinvigorates
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