nerved

English

Etymology

nerve +‎ -ed

Verb

nerved

  1. simple past tense and past participle of nerve
    • 1994 July 25, Jack Winter, “How I met my wife”, in The New Yorker:
      It was concerting to see that she was communicado, and it nerved me that she was interested in a pareil like me, sight seen.

Adjective

nerved (comparative more nerved, superlative most nerved)

  1. (botany, often in combination) Having one or more principal veins, especially of a leaf.
    The leaf was palmately nerved.
  2. (in combination) Having nerves or disposition of a specified kind.
    a strong-nerved hero

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