different between enervate vs innervate

English

Etymology

From Latin ?nerv?tus, past participle of ?nerv? (“to weaken”).

Pronunciation

• (verb): IPA^(key): /??n.?(?)?ve?t/ (UK)
• (adjective): IPA^(key): /??n.?(?).v?t/ (UK)

Verb

enervate (third-person singular simple present enervates, present participle enervating, simple past and past participle enervated)

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.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:enervate.

Synonyms

• (reduce strength): debilitate, weaken

Antonyms

• (reduce strength): strengthen, revive
• (reduce morally, mentally): bolster

Translations

Adjective

enervate (comparative more enervate, superlative most enervate)

1. Made feeble; weakened.

Anagrams

• venerate

Latin

Participle

?nerv?te

1. vocative masculine singular of ?nerv?tus

English

Etymology

From in- +? nerve +? -ate.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??n.?.ve?t/, /??n??.ve?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??n??ve?t/, /??n.??ve?t/
• Rhymes: -?n?(?)ve?t, -??(?)ve?t

Verb

innervate (third-person singular simple present innervates, present participle innervating, simple past and past participle innervated)

1. (anatomy, zoology) To supply (an organ or part of the body) with nerves.
2. Synonym of innerve (“to supply with nervous energy”).

Derived terms

Translations

References

• “innervate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “innervate”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

See also

• enervate

Italian

Verb

innervate

1. second-person plural present indicative of innervare
2. second-person plural imperative of innervare
3. feminine plural of innervato

Anagrams

• inventare
• inventerà