disinvigorate

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verb

To weaken (e.g. strength or character)

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Meanings

verbdisinvigorate (third-person singular simple present disinvigorates, present participle disinvigorating, simple past and past participle disinvigorated)

present singular third person disinvigorates · participle present disinvigorating · participle past disinvigorated · past disinvigorated

  1. transitiveTo weaken (e.g. strength or character)

    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.

    1844, Sydney Smith, letter to Mrs. Holland

Origin

From dis- + invigorate.

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APA

disinvigorate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disinvigorate

MLA

“disinvigorate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disinvigorate. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disinvigorate,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disinvigorate.

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