"enervation" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-enervation.wav 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Maori translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 28 72
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': 45 55

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