Word.ws English Dictionary

renervated

renervated is the simple past and past participle of renervate.

Meaning of renervate

Verb

renervate (third-person singular simple present renervates, present participle renervating, simple past and past participle renervated)

  1. (transitive) To restore nerve stimulation to.
    • Subsequently, studies by Lugaro (104), Ramón y Cajal (161), Van Harrelveld (202), Edds (49), and Hoffman (72) provided anatomic and physiologic evidence that intact fibers from partially cut peripheral nerves can generate axon sprouts that renervate muscles.2006, Claude G. Wasterlain, David M. Treiman, Status Epilepticus: Mechanisms and Management, page 441
  2. (intransitive) (of a body part) To regain nerve stimulation.
    • In addition to that, Dr. Shumway would tell you that hearts tend to renervate after six months.1982, Albert Vincent Godefridus Bruschke, Gerard Herpen, Frans E. E. Vermeulen, Coronary Artery Disease Today, page 90
  3. (obsolete) To have one's strength to return.

Questions about renervated

What is renervated the simple past and past participle of?
Renervated is the simple past and past participle of renervate.

Words near renervated in the dictionary

  1. renegued
  2. renegues
  3. reneguing
  4. Renens
  5. renervate
  6. renervated
  7. renervates
  8. renervating
  9. renervation
  10. renervations
  11. renerve

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: renervated (page history and authors); renervate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “renervated.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/renervated. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.