E*ner"vate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enervated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enervating.] [L. enervatus, p. p. of enervare, fr. enervis nerveless, weak; e out + nervus nerve. See Nerve.] 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.

And rhyme began t' enervate poetry.

Syn. -- To weaken; enfeeble; unnerve; debilitate.

E*ner"vate (?), a. [L. enervatus, p. p.] Weakened; weak; without strength of force. Pope.

• To weaken morally or mentally; to reduce strength or energy; debilitate.
  
• To unnerve or faze.
  
• (Medical): To partially or completely remove a nerve.
  
• strengthen
  
• Made feeble; weakened.