nerve
/nɝv/ verb C2- To give courage. · May their example nerve us to face the enemy.
- To give strength; to supply energy or vigour. · The liquor nerved up several of the men after their icy march.
- To perform a neurectomy on (someone or something).
He/she/it nerves · Past nerved · Past participle nerved · -ing form nerving
Verb forms
- Base form
- nerve
- He/she/it
- nerves
- Past
- nerved
- Past participle
- nerved
- -ing form
- nerving
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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It had also been noted and commented upon by a few observant people that there were signs sometimes of some nerve-strain upon the part of Mrs.
I saw my own comrades hacked to pieces at Maiwand without losing my nerve.”
The great national importance of the issue, the suspense in high quarters, the direct nature of the experiment which we were trying—all combined to work upon my nerve.
With this end in view Anne had strained every nerve during the examinations.
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