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nerven

/ˈnɜː(ɹ)vən/

nerven verb: to innerve.

Verb

nerven (third-person singular simple present nervens, present participle nervening, simple past and past participle nervened)

  1. (rare, transitive) To innerve.
    • […] if I give them such serving as I can as to money it is impossible for me to raise it as this alarm has stopt^([sic]) all my channels and if I can't get matters on such a footing as to raise my credit again which is entirely knocked down, I must and am nervened to give up.1944, Magazine Antiques, volume 45, page 261
    • Grover was a pilot of nervened skill and the Mustang was an airplane of precise machinery. He always missed the running figures in rubber suits by fifty feet, placing his .50 caliber machine gun bullets harmlessly in rubble and dust.1964, Explorations in Education, volumes 1-12, page 93

Forms of nerven

third-person singular presentnervens
present participlenervening
past participlenervened
pastnervened

Origin of nerven

From nerve + -en.

Questions about nerven

What does nerven mean?
Nerven means to innerve.
What part of speech is nerven?
Nerven is a verb.
How do you pronounce nerven?
Nerven is pronounced /ˈnɜː(ɹ)vən/.
What is the past tense of nerven?
The past tense of nerven is nervened.

Words near nerven in the dictionary

  1. nervelessly
  2. nervelessness
  3. nervelet
  4. nervelets
  5. nervelike
  6. nerven
  7. nervened
  8. nervening
  9. nervens
  10. nerverack
  11. nerveracked

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