Part 3773

<blockquote>Those nobler exercises of <b>energizing</b> love. <i>Bp. Horsley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Energumen</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En`er*gu"men</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>energumenos</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ possessed by an evil spirit, from <?/: cf. F. <ets>\'82nergum\'8ane</ets>. See <er>Energetic</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl. Antiq.)</fld> <def>One possessed by an evil spirit; a demoniac.</def>

<h1>Energy</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En"er*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Energies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F. <ets>\'82nergie</ets>, LL. <ets>energia</ets>, fr. Gr.<?/, fr. <?/ active; <?/ in + <?/ work. See <er>In</er>, and <er>Work</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Internal or inherent power; capacity of acting, operating, or producing an effect, whether exerted or not; <as>as, men possessing <ex>energies</ex> may suffer them to lie inactive</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The great <b>energies</b> of nature are known to us only by their effects. <i>Paley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Power efficiently and forcibly exerted; vigorous or effectual operation; <as>as, the <ex>energy</ex> of a magistrate</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Strength of expression; force of utterance; power to impress the mind and arouse the feelings; life; spirit; -- said of speech, language, words, style; <as>as, a style full of <ex>energy</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>Capacity for performing work.</def>

<note>&hand; The <i>kinetic energy</i> of a body is the energy it has in virtue of being in motion. It is measured by one half of the product of the mass of each element of the body multiplied by the square of the velocity of the element, relative to some given body or point. The <i>available kinetic energy</i> of a material system unconnected with any other system is that energy which is due to the motions of the parts of the system relative to its center of mass. The <i>potential energy</i> of a body or system is that energy which is not kinetic; -- energy due to configuration. <i>Kinetic energy</i> is sometimes called <i>actual energy</i>. <i>Kinetic energy</i> is exemplified in the <i>vis viva</i> of moving bodies, in heat, electric currents, etc.; <i>potential energy</i>, in a bent spring, or a body suspended a given distance above the earth and acted on by gravity.</note>

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<cs><mcol><col>Accumulation</col>, <col>Conservation</col>, <col>Correlation</col>, &and; <col>Degradation of energy</col></mcol>, <cd>etc. <fld>(Physics)</fld> See under <er>Accumulation</er>, <er>Conservation</er>, <er>Correlation</er>, etc.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Force; power; potency; vigor; strength; spirit; efficiency; resolution.</syn>

<h1>Enervate</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>E*ner"vate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Enervated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Enervating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>enervatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>enervare</ets>, fr. <ets>enervis</ets> nerveless, weak; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>nervus</ets> nerve. See <er>Nerve</er>.]</ety> <def>To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to render feeble or impotent; to make effeminate; to impair the moral powers of.</def>

<blockquote>A man . . . <b>enervated</b> by licentiousness. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And rhyme began t' <b>enervate</b> poetry. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To weaken; enfeeble; unnerve; debilitate.</syn>

<h1>Enervate</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>E*ner"vate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>enervatus</ets>, p. p.]</ety> <def>Weakened; weak; without strength of force.</def>

<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Enervation</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En`er*va"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>enervatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>\'82nervation</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of weakening, or reducing strength.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being weakened; effeminacy.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Enervative</h1> <Xpage=492>