Days passed; but his hour of crisis postponed itself, and all things combined to enervate him.
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell
The bringing in more French Words to soften and enervate our Stile is of very ill Consequence.
"An Essay on Criticism"
John Oldmixon
Familiarity with scenes of blood and carnage-the rage of battle and the clash of arms did not enervate the exalted powers of his refined sympathies and softer passions.
"Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution"
L. Carroll Judson