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Definition of Enerve
1. v. t. To weaken; to enervate.
Definition of Enerve
1. Verb. (obsolete) To weaken; to enervate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Enerve
1. to enervate [v ENERVED, ENERVING, ENERVES] - See also: enervate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enerve
Literary usage of Enerve
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"We shall be able to solve and enerve their force. Digby. Such object hath the
power to soften and ... enerve, and with voluptuous hope dissolve. Mil/on. ..."
2. The Real Blake: A Portrait Biography by Edwin John Ellis (1907)
"The line, enerve my soldiers. Let Liberty, need not be complained of, because
any actor or reader, even one who reads to himself, would have the sense to ..."
3. Paris of the Parisians by John Frederick Macdonald (1900)
"He needed absolute rest, perfect repose : he was enerve. ... Nights passed :
Joyeux, still resting, still enerve, was disturbed by the music, the applause, ..."
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