English Dictionary: enervation | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Emery \Em"er*y\, n. [F. [82]meri, earlier [82]meril, It. smeriglio, fr. Gr. [?], [?], [?], cf. [?] to wipe; perh. akin to E. smear. Cf. {Emeril}.] (Min.) Corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts for grinding and polishing hard substances. Native emery is mixed with more or less magnetic iron. See the Note under {Corundum}. {Emery board}, cardboard pulp mixed with emery and molded into convenient. {Emery cloth} [or] {paper}, cloth or paper on which the powder of emery is spread and glued for scouring and polishing. {Emery wheel}, a wheel containing emery, or having a surface of emery. In machine shops, it is sometimes called a {buff wheel}, and by the manufacturers of cutlery, a {glazer}. | |
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Emmarble \Em*mar"ble\, v. t. To turn to marble; to harden. [Obs.] Thou dost emmarble the proud heart. --Spenser. | |
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Enervate \E*ner"vate\, a. [L. enervatus, p. p.] Weakened; weak; without strength of force. --Pope. | |
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Enervate \E*ner"vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enervated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enervating}.] [L. enervatus, p. p. of enervare, fr. enervis nerveless, weak; e out + nervus nerve. See {Nerve}.] To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to render feeble or impotent; to make effeminate; to impair the moral powers of. A man . . . enervated by licentiousness. --Macaulay. And rhyme began t' enervate poetry. --Dryden. Syn: To weaken; enfeeble; unnerve; debilitate. | |
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Enervate \E*ner"vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enervated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enervating}.] [L. enervatus, p. p. of enervare, fr. enervis nerveless, weak; e out + nervus nerve. See {Nerve}.] To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to render feeble or impotent; to make effeminate; to impair the moral powers of. A man . . . enervated by licentiousness. --Macaulay. And rhyme began t' enervate poetry. --Dryden. Syn: To weaken; enfeeble; unnerve; debilitate. | |
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Enervate \E*ner"vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enervated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enervating}.] [L. enervatus, p. p. of enervare, fr. enervis nerveless, weak; e out + nervus nerve. See {Nerve}.] To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to render feeble or impotent; to make effeminate; to impair the moral powers of. A man . . . enervated by licentiousness. --Macaulay. And rhyme began t' enervate poetry. --Dryden. Syn: To weaken; enfeeble; unnerve; debilitate. | |
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Enervation \En`er*va"tion\, n. [L. enervatio: cf. F. [82]nervation.] 1. The act of weakening, or reducing strength. 2. The state of being weakened; effeminacy. --Bacon. | |
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Enervative \E*ner"va*tive\, a. Having power, or a tendency, to enervate; weakening. [R.] | |
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Enerve \E*nerve"\, v. t. [Cf. F. [82]nerver. See {Enervate}.] To weaken; to enervate. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
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Enervous \E*nerv"ous\, a. [L. enervis, enervus.] Lacking nerve or force; enervated. [R.] | |
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Enharbor \En*har"bor\, v. t. To find harbor or safety in; to dwell in or inhabit. --W. Browne. | |
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Enmarble \En*mar"ble\, v. t. [Pref. en- + marble.] To make hard as marble; to harden. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Enrapt \En*rapt"\, p. a. [Pref. en- + rapt. Cf. {Enravish}.] Thrown into ecstasy; transported; enraptured. --Shak. | |
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Enrapture \En*rap"ture\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enraptured} (?; 135); p. pr. & vb. n. {Enrapturing}.] To transport with pleasure; to delight beyond measure; to enravish. --Shenstone. | |
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Enrapture \En*rap"ture\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enraptured} (?; 135); p. pr. & vb. n. {Enrapturing}.] To transport with pleasure; to delight beyond measure; to enravish. --Shenstone. | |
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Enrapture \En*rap"ture\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enraptured} (?; 135); p. pr. & vb. n. {Enrapturing}.] To transport with pleasure; to delight beyond measure; to enravish. --Shenstone. | |
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Enravish \En*rav"ish\, v. t. To transport with delight; to enrapture; to fascinate. --Spenser. | |
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Enravishingly \En*rav"ish*ing*ly\, adv. So as to throw into ecstasy. | |
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Enravishment \En*rav"ish*ment\, n. The state of being enravished or enraptured; ecstasy; rapture. --Glanvill. | |
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Enripen \En*rip"en\, v. t. To ripen. [Obs.] --Donne. | |
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Enrive \En*rive"\, v. t. To rive; to cleave. [Obs.] | |
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Enrobe \En*robe"\, v. t. [Pref. en- + robe: cf. OF. enrober.] To invest or adorn with a robe; to attire. | |
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Enwrap \En*wrap"\, v. t. To envelop. See {Inwrap}. | |
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Enwrapment \En*wrap"ment\, n. Act of enwrapping; a wrapping or an envelope. --Shuckford. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Emeryville, CA (city, FIPS 22594) Location: 37.83908 N, 122.29934 W Population (1990): 5740 (3640 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 1.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 94608 |