lethargize

Etymology

From lethargy + -ize.

lethargize means To make lethargic. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

verb

To make lethargic.“May 23, 1830, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk All bitters are poison, and act by stilling, and depressing, and lethargizing the irritability.”