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▪ I. ˈenervating, vbl. n.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb enervate. lit. and fig.
a1674Clarendon Surv. Leviath. (1676) 277 The method that must be taken towards the enervating those high pretences. 1751Chambers Cycl., Enervating, the act of destroying the force, use, or office, of the nerves.
▪ II. enervating, ppl. a.|ˈɛnəveɪtɪŋ|
[f. enervate v. + -ing2.]
That enervates, in the various senses of the verb.
1821Byron Cain ii. i. 57 A most enervating and filthy cheat. 1850Prescott Peru II. 12 The enervating influence of a tropical climate. 1870Lowell Among my Bks. Ser. i. (1873) 362 The enervating incense that women are only too ready to burn. |