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nervening

nervening is the present participle and gerund of nerven.

Meaning of nerven

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

Questions about nervening

What is nervening the present participle and gerund of?
Nervening is the present participle and gerund of nerven.

Words near nervening in the dictionary

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

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