Tuesday, August 26, 2008

enervate vs. innervate

enervate
v.
to weaken
to deprive of force or strength

similar: enfeeble, debilitate, sap, exhaust

dissimilar: invigorate, innervate

enervation, enervative, enervator

innervate
v.
to stimulate (a muscle or body part) to action
to supply with nerves


Dumbledore lay dead on the parapet. Harry Potter shouted desperately, "Innervate!"
(but the book spells it ennervate)

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