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nerved

English

Etymology

nerve +? -ed

Verb

nerved

  1. simple past tense and past participle of nerve

Adjective

nerved (comparative more nerved, superlative most nerved)

  1. (obsolete) Vigorous, strong; courageous. [17th–19th c.]
    • 1796–7, Mary Wollstonecraft, The Wrongs of Woman, Oxford 2009, p. 89:
      Besides, their pains and pleasures are so dependent on outward circumstances [] that they seldom act from the impulse of a nerved mind, able to choose its own pursuit.
  2. (in combination) Having nerves of a specified kind. [from 17th c.]
    a strong-nerved hero
  3. (botany, often in combination) Having one or more principal veins, especially of a leaf. [from 18th c.]
    The leaf was palmately nerved.

Anagrams

  • Denver, Verden, revend, vender

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nervation

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin nervus (nerve, sinew), perhaps via French nervation.

Noun

nervation (plural nervations)

  1. A pattern of nerves, e.g. as seen on a leaf.
    His parchment skin eerily displayed a blood-red nervation.

Synonyms

  • venation

Related terms

  • nerved
  • nerveless
  • nervure

Translations

Anagrams

  • vernation

French

Etymology

From nerver (to fit with nerves), from Latin nervus (nerve, sinew).

Pronunciation

Noun

nervation f (plural nervations)

  1. nervation, pattern of nerves, e.g. as seen on a leaf

Synonyms

  • veinure

Related terms

  • nerf m
  • nerval (adjective)
  • nervure
  • nervurer

Further reading

  • “nervation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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