Deprive of vigor

  • 1castrate — v. a. 1. Geld, emasculate, glib, deprive, of virility, make a eunuch. 2. Deprive of vigor, mortify, suppress, subdue, weaken, take the life out of …

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  • 2deaden — verb (deadened; deadening) Date: 1613 transitive verb 1. to impair in vigor or sensation ; blunt < deadened his enthusiasm > < deadened the pain > 2 …

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  • 3unnerve — transitive verb Date: 1601 1. to deprive of courage, strength, or steadiness 2. to cause to become nervous ; upset • unnervingly adverb Synonyms: unnerve, enervate, unman, emasculate mean to deprive of strength or vigor and the capacity for&#8230; …

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  • 4emasculate — 1. adjective /ɪˈmæs.kjəˌleɪt/ Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak. 2. verb /ɪˈmæs.kjəˌleɪt/ a) To deprive of virile or procreative power; …

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  • 5Disable — Dis*a ble (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disabled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disabling}.] 1. To render unable or incapable; to destroy the force, vigor, or power of action of; to deprive of competent physical or intellectual power; to incapacitate; to&#8230; …

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  • 6Disabled — Disable Dis*a ble (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disabled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disabling}.] 1. To render unable or incapable; to destroy the force, vigor, or power of action of; to deprive of competent physical or intellectual power; to&#8230; …

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  • 7Disabling — Disable Dis*a ble (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disabled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disabling}.] 1. To render unable or incapable; to destroy the force, vigor, or power of action of; to deprive of competent physical or intellectual power; to&#8230; …

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  • 8emasculate — v. a. 1. Castrate, geld, glib, deprive of virility, deprive of procreative power. 2. Weaken, enervate, debilitate, unman, effeminate, effeminize, emolliate, make effeminate, deprive of native vigor …

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  • 9CODIFICATION OF LAW — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the concept and its prevalence in other legal systems in jewish law in the mishnah format and style of the mishnah the talmud and post talmudic halakhic literary forms variety of&#8230; …

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  • 10St. Bartholomew's Day massacre — Painting by François Dubois, a Huguenot painter born circa 1529 in Amiens, who settled in Switzerland. Although Dubois did not witness the massacre, he depicts Admiral Coligny s body hanging out of a window at the rear to the right. To the left&#8230; …

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