What does enervation mean?

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en·er·va·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. enervationnoun

    lack of vitality

    "an enervation of mind greater than any fatigue"

  2. debilitation, enervation, enfeeblement, exhaustionnoun

    serious weakening and loss of energy

  3. enervationnoun

    surgical removal of a nerve

Wiktionary

  1. enervationnoun

    Act of enervating; debilitation.

  2. enervationnoun

    State of being enervated; debility.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Enervationnoun

    Etymology: from enerve.

ChatGPT

  1. enervation

    Enervation is the state of feeling drained of energy or vitality, often resulting from fatigue, stress, or disease. It can also refer to the act or process of weakening or reducing strength. In the context of physiology, it refers to the removal of the nerve supply to a body part, leading to loss of function or sensation.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Enervationnoun

    the act of weakening, or reducing strength

  2. Enervationnoun

    the state of being weakened; effeminacy

  3. Etymology: [L. enervatio: cf. F. nervation.]

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  1. Evertonian

  2. veneration

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of enervation in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of enervation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of enervation in a Sentence

  1. Arthur Rimbaud:

    I saw that all beings are fated to happiness: action is not life, but a way of wasting some force, an enervation. Morality is the weakness of the brain.

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