disinvigorate

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ invigorate.

Verb

disinvigorate (third-person singular simple present disinvigorates, present participle disinvigorating, simple past and past participle disinvigorated)

  1. (transitive) To weaken (e.g. strength or character)
    • 1844, Sydney Smith, letter to Mrs. Holland:
      I doubt whether to attribute this to old-age, and to consider it as inevitable, or to blame this soft, and warm, and disinvigorating climate.

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