E·ner·vate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enervated p. pr. & vb. n. Enervating.] To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to render feeble or impotent; to make effeminate; to impair the moral powers of.
A man . . . enervated by licentiousness. --Macaulay.
And rhyme began t' enervate poetry. --Dryden.
Syn: -- To weaken; enfeeble; unnerve; debilitate.
enervated
adj : lacking strength or vigor [syn: adynamic, asthenic, debilitated]