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enervated, ppl. a.|ˈɛnəveɪtɪd|
[f. enervate v. + -ed1.]
That is deprived of nerve and strength, lit. and fig.; effeminate, weakly.
1660Jer. Taylor Duct. Dubit. i. iv. Wks. IX. 162 The gods which they worshipped, those poor enervated demons. a1735Arbuthnot & Pope (J.), Their enervated lords are softly lolling in their chariots. 1841Emerson Addr., Man the Ref. Wks. (Bohn) II. 241 The enervated and sickly habits of the literary class. |