"enervation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-enervation.wav [US] Forms: enervations [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French énervation. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|énervation}} Middle French énervation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} enervation (countable and uncountable, plural enervations)
  1. Act of enervating; debilitation. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-enervation-en-noun-aY22XpuG
  2. State of being enervated; debility. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-enervation-en-noun-ayTzciGp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Act, or state, of enervating or exhausting): whakaruhinga (Maori)
Disambiguation of 'Act, or state, of enervating or exhausting': 46 54

Inflected forms

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