innervate
English
Etymology
from in (“in”) + nervus (“nerve”) recorded since circa 1374, from Medieval Latin, from Latin nervus (“sinew”) + the Latin perfect passive participle suffixes of first conjugation verbs -ātus, -āta, and -ātum.
Verb
innervate (third-person singular simple present innervates, present participle innervating, simple past and past participle innervated)
- To supply (part of the body) with nerves.
- Synonym of innerve (“to supply with nervous energy”)
Derived terms
- innervation
- reinnervate
Translations
to supply with nerves
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- Italian: innervare (it) (1,2)
See also
- enervate
Italian
Verb
innervate
- second-person plural present indicative of innervare
- second-person plural imperative of innervare
- feminine plural of innervato
Anagrams
- inventare
- inventerà