enervate

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb weaken mentally or morally
  2. verb disturb the composure of

Etymology

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

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