enervate
tr.v
- To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of: “the luxury which enervates and destroys nations” (Henry David Thoreau). See Synonyms at deplete.
A Catholic priest was discussing how the decline in the number of priests could have increased his workload, but it allowed him to involve his parishinors with lay preaching and other duties "...involving and enervating them." I surely hope this spreading of duties is actually energizing his flock.
posted by Rian at 10:41 AM
1 Comments:
This is a great blog dude. Very very helpful. For the first time i am actually learning new words, what I mean is, normally, I just look at the meaning, but forget to use it or forget the meaning or something.
A small suggestion, could you give some more examples for using the word, you know, to get more familiar with it...
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