Enervate (adj)
en-ur-vate
Lacking in energy or vitality:
(verb) Make (someone) feel drained of energy or vitality.
Taken from the Latin enervat- weakened (by extraction of the sinews), from the verb enervare, from e- (variant of ex-) out of + nervus – sinew.
Example sentences
“His enemies were enervated and lacked a strong voice.”
“The vision of an enervate media might change their minds.”
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