Enervate
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weaken mentally or morally
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To reduce strength or energy; debilitate.
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To weaken morally or mentally.
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To unnerve or faze.
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To partially or completely remove a nerve.
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Made feeble; weakened.
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Muscle fatigue is the decline in ability of muscles to generate force. It can be a result of vigorous exercise but abnormal fatigue may be caused by barriers to or interference with the different stages of muscle contraction. There are two main causes of muscle fatigue: the limitations of a nerve’s ability to generate a sustained signal (neural fatigue); and the reduced ability of the muscle fiber to contract (metabolic fatigue).
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weakened; weak; without strength of force
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en-ėr′vāt, v.t. to deprive of nerve, strength, or courage: to weaken.—adj. weakened: spiritless.—n. Enervā′tion.—adj. Ener′vative.—v.t. Enerve′ (obs.), to enervate. [L. enervāre, -ātum—e, out of, nervus, a nerve.]
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To weaken; to deprive of force; to emasculate.
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