disinvigorate
English
Etymology
From dis- + invigorate.
Verb
disinvigorate (third-person singular simple present disinvigorates, present participle disinvigorating, simple past and past participle disinvigorated)
- (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.
References
- “disinvigorate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.