evertuate

present singular third person evertuates · participle present evertuating · participle past evertuated · past evertuated · alternative evirtuate

1. obsoletetransitiveTo sap the strength of.First known use mid-17ᵗʰ century.

   1662, William Penn et al., The Spiritual Bee, Oxford: Edward & John Forrest, Chapter 24, p. 63, glorying and boasting, correcteth, evirtuateth and rendereth ineffectual all motions or endeavours of conscience from within

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   For besides that the Senate had been now long over-awed, and corrupted many wayes by the acts of the Court; we know the Tributa Comitia are also totally depraved, and evirtuated by being called out of the field into the palace […]

   1644, Henry Parker, Jus Populi, London: Robert Bostock, page 63

   Delilahs, that by the Chimistry of look and lap, evirtuate Sampsons love and strength

   1653, Edward Waterhouse, “A Meditation of Magnanimity under Crosses”, in Two Brief Meditations, London: Thomas Maxey, page 43

   Synonyms: enervate, weaken

2. intransitiveobsoletereflexiveTo strive (to do something, towards something).First known use mid-17ᵗʰ century.

   1647, Roger Corbet, Articles of Impeachment, Agreed upon by the Army under Command of His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, London: George Whiting, p. 2, The difficultie of kindling on both sides this uniting and evertuating ardour proceeds principally from three causes […]

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   1642, James Howell, Instructions for Forreine Travell, London: Humphrey Mosley, Section 16, p. , Moreover, one should evertuate himselfe to bring something home, that may accrue to the publique benefit and advantage of his Countrey, and not to draw water to his own Mill only;

   […] the secret we enquire after, and which does most apparently seem to evirtuate towards this end, is some Salt, I suppose is generally agreed: For Salt it is which gives ligature, weight, and constitution to things, and is the most manifest substance in all Artificial Composts.

   1676, John Evelyn, A Philosophical Discourse of Earth, London: John Martyn, page 100