Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To weaken; enervate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To weaken; to enervate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To
weaken ; toenervate .
Etymologies
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Compare French énerver. See enervate.
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Examples
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Bref la porte d'entrée, elle ne fut pas bloqué par le gel et donc j'ai pu prendre cici en foto (pied nu dans la neige ce qui enerve considerablement ma mere)
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2006
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But see how _enerve_, embarrassed, the robber looks, the enchantress has been exercising her fatal spells. "
A Heart-Song of To-day Annie Gregg Savigny
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