† enerveadj.

Etymology: ? < Latin ēnervis nerveless; but the sense is obscure.

Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

a1521 Helyas in W. J. Thoms Early Eng. Prose Romances (1858) III. 16 Wythout hygh style and enerve industry, I have al onely folowed mine auctour as nyghe as I coulde.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

† enervev.

Etymology: < French énerver, < Latin ēnervāre : see enervate v.

Obsolete.

= enervate v. in various senses.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > cause to be ill [verb (transitive)] > make weak

fellOE

wastec1230

faintc1386

endull1395

resolvea1398

afaintc1400

defeat?c1400

dissolvec1400

weakc1400

craze1476

feeblish1477

debilite1483

overfeeble1495

plucka1529

to bring low1530

debilitate1541

acraze1549

decaya1554

infirma1555

weaken1569

effeeble1571

enervate1572

enfeeble1576

slay1578

to pull downa1586

prosternate1593

shake1594

to lay along1598

unsinew1598

languefy1607

enerve1613

pulla1616

dispirit1647

imbecilitate1647

unstring1700

to run down1733

sap1755

reduce1767

prostrate1780

shatter1785

undermine1812

imbecile1829

disinvigorate1844

devitalize1849

wreck1850

atrophy1865

crumple1892

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > render unable [verb (transitive)] > destroy physical or mental capability

enervate1603

enerve1613

1613 R. Zouche Dove 28 Like feeble Miloes armes eneru'd, and dead.

1638 K. Digby in G. Digby & K. Digby Lett. conc. Relig. (1651) 18 A fore-laid designe to enerve their authority.

1644 F. Quarles Loyall Convert 28 [Their] effeminacies have enerved the strength of their declining Kingdomes.

a1706 Earl of Dorset in Poets Great Brit. (1793) VI. 513/1 Age has enerv'd her charms.

1727 J. Arbuthnot Tables Anc. Coins Ded. sig. A^v Riot..Enerv'd those Arms, that snatch'd the Spoil before.

1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.

1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict. ; and in mod. Dicts.

Derivatives

eˈnerved adj.

ΚΠ

a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry IV ccvi, in Poems (1878) IV. 52 Unsteddy doctrines, which attend Ennerved minds.

eˈnerving adj.

ΚΠ

1795–9 R. Lovell & R. Southey Poems 109 Beware Luxury's enerving snare.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	enerve
释义	† enerveadj. Etymology: ? < Latin ēnervis nerveless; but the sense is obscure. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ a1521 Helyas in W. J. Thoms Early Eng. Prose Romances (1858) III. 16 Wythout hygh style and enerve industry, I have al onely folowed mine auctour as nyghe as I coulde. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † enervev. Etymology: < French énerver, < Latin ēnervāre : see enervate v. Obsolete. = enervate v. in various senses. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > cause to be ill [verb (transitive)] > make weak fellOE wastec1230 faintc1386 endull1395 resolvea1398 afaintc1400 defeat?c1400 dissolvec1400 weakc1400 craze1476 feeblish1477 debilite1483 overfeeble1495 plucka1529 to bring low1530 debilitate1541 acraze1549 decaya1554 infirma1555 weaken1569 effeeble1571 enervate1572 enfeeble1576 slay1578 to pull downa1586 prosternate1593 shake1594 to lay along1598 unsinew1598 languefy1607 enerve1613 pulla1616 dispirit1647 imbecilitate1647 unstring1700 to run down1733 sap1755 reduce1767 prostrate1780 shatter1785 undermine1812 imbecile1829 disinvigorate1844 devitalize1849 wreck1850 atrophy1865 crumple1892 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > render unable [verb (transitive)] > destroy physical or mental capability enervate1603 enerve1613 1613 R. Zouche Dove 28 Like feeble Miloes armes eneru'd, and dead. 1638 K. Digby in G. Digby & K. Digby Lett. conc. Relig. (1651) 18 A fore-laid designe to enerve their authority. 1644 F. Quarles Loyall Convert 28 [Their] effeminacies have enerved the strength of their declining Kingdomes. a1706 Earl of Dorset in Poets Great Brit. (1793) VI. 513/1 Age has enerv'd her charms. 1727 J. Arbuthnot Tables Anc. Coins Ded. sig. A^v Riot..Enerv'd those Arms, that snatch'd the Spoil before. 1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict. ; and in mod. Dicts. Derivatives eˈnerved adj. ΚΠ a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry IV ccvi, in Poems (1878) IV. 52 Unsteddy doctrines, which attend Ennerved minds. eˈnerving adj. ΚΠ 1795–9 R. Lovell & R. Southey Poems 109 Beware Luxury's enerving snare. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adj.a1521v.1613
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